When I'm texting I go light on the emojis and heavy on...wait for it... the adverbs. I use adverbs in my texts. I think that's uncool. A quick glance through my phone and you will see that my texts have more adverbs than necessary. One of my favorite quotes about writing is from Steven King: "The road to hell is paved with adverbs." And I agree. Generally. (See what I did there?) It's the whole showing vs. telling, and using too many adverbs is grounds for writer divorce.
This whole idea made me look through my texts for adverbs, and that morphed into finding words that a 20 or 30 something year old would probably not use. I also used the words tacos and cheese an excessive amount of times over such a short period of time. (But, I mean, can you blame me? Are there better things than tacos and cheese?)
At least I didn't come across any of the text with ranDOMly CapITALIZED letters that make me feel like I'm BEING YELLED AT.
Here are some uncool words/old person words and adverbs from my last few weeks of texts:
Uncool/Old Person Words Adverbs
colloquialism accidentally
obligations totally
prearranged totally
proctor possibly
hardcore totally
Pinterest completely
chemicals enthusiastically
incorporate totally
plumber exuberantly
manuscript loudly
database selfishly
cornbread objectively
referral hopefully
attendance finally
symptoms definitely
grammar totally
negative originally
shitburgers totally
confirm really
vulnerable
kale
confirmation
disregard
This is 40.
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| Nostalgically going through pics lately... BFFs from college. All turning 40 this year! |
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