Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Sometimes, you just can’t find the right word to describe stuff.
You think you know the ‘right’ word, but it just doesn’t strike your damned head, at the right time.
You try flipping a dictionary.
But the most obscure dictionary-approved word doesn’t always fit in.
That’s when ‘invented words’ come into the picture.

It’s not difficult to make up these words/expressions that say just what they mean and mean just what they say. All it needs is a little act of tossing ‘n’ playing with your words. Linguistic double standards.

Close your eyes.
Imagine the most wonderful thing you can think of.
Let’s say it’s a rare spotted deer, dashing through the grasslands or a beautiful wild flower or whatever.
Focus.
Now, imagine a giant foot descending from the heavens and stomping it flat.


That’s how I feel today.
Not like the animal, but the foot.

I don’t know what to call it… what to call the way I feel right now. It’s not just destructive. It’s worse. It’s got a little bit of sadistic pleasure in it too. There are no easy answers, no antibiotics or rationalisation to this one. But it’s not one bit disturbing either.




I think I need some sleep.

19 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Linguistic Double Standards huh? Interesting.

7:11 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

how abt smashadeer....has a nice ring to it! does it manage to describe how you feel?

12:10 am  
Blogger nothing said...

errr..it's all those vodka laced breakfasts, I tell you.

1:36 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

howz smash-anything-thats-in-front-of-me ?

5:01 pm  
Blogger . : A : . said...

Yes I make up new words all the time.

Get some sleep. Then more sleep. Feel better?

6:18 pm  
Blogger Sudipta Chatterjee said...

Who-haha-hah-hah-ha!!

That was really superb. Your best post in some days, I must say!! BTW, the word for such kind-o feelings (where you almost have a word but you don't have it) is super-calli-flagi-listi-espialli-do-cious
or something like that :)

6:55 pm  
Blogger Ram said...

feeling like the foot which squashed the flower.. hmm..messy stuff indeed..!

sleep tight..

7:56 pm  
Blogger Sinfully Pinstripe said...

Hey thanks for visiting my blog. I am more Sinful than an attraction though.

10:37 pm  
Blogger chaos said...

you know what... there's nothing like a good sleep... have a great one :)

9:26 am  
Blogger Jax said...

how about "triplheched" after Triple H from WWE wrestling? This guy is mean, sadistic, and comes down crushing on everything! Even his beautiful girlfriend :D

4:30 pm  
Blogger m.fletcher said...

Thinking about destroying something beautiful is not the same as doing it. Luckily, you are in the thinking only stage, where you have nothing to regret later!

10:44 pm  
Blogger Manu said...

oh great....we cud always have more destruction around. bring it on.

3:35 pm  
Blogger . : A : . said...

Are you back?

Check for the images again. Must have been down for sometime.

7:51 am  
Blogger An Ideal Boy said...

Hah!! People are telling you ways to feel better. So many " :) " and pj's.
They don't get it.

Here comes my foot on all of them. Stomp, sqash.

10:21 am  
Blogger @$#!$# said...

hmmm...you seem to be needing a lot of sleep.

good night..& happy stomping!!

10:46 am  
Blogger Sindhuja Parthasarathy said...

i exactly know wot u r talking abt :)

4:07 pm  
Blogger Rob said...

I think this was made into a short film, if I remember correctly it was titled Bambi vs. Godzilla...

LOL I found it... Bambi meets Godzilla

8:03 pm  
Blogger Rob said...

Oh you can download it here... site has popups :(

8:08 pm  
Blogger Jax said...

J, where have you disappeared?

2:04 pm  

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