Luck of The Draw: November 2019

What I Watched In November

November 30, 2019

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I can not stand this word and here's why!

November 20, 2019

There’s thousands of words in the English dictionary. Even more words if we all combined all languages together. Everyone has their favourites, and others have words that make them uncomfortable when they hear it.

I think the most popular word that people can not stand is moist. It’s pretty obvious why people don’t like it from the way it sounds to what it reminds them of.

For me though, this word doesn’t do anything for me. I feel nothing when it comes to this word. It doesn’t make me uncomfortable, it just goes in one ear and out the other. When they say it on the great british bake off, it doesn’t put me off admiring their great cake. It’s just a word.

Over the past few months, there’s just one word that really grinds my gears. It pisses me off when people say it and use it as an excuse for not texting back, or making an apppointment or use it as a measurement of self-worth against another person.

It’s only a four letter word that everyone uses in their daily lives. I’ve used it before, everyone hears it and knows what it means. It’s a simple, easy word to spell. Out of all the words that I could be passionate about, it's this one.

So this word that holds a not so special place in my heart is:

Busy
Adjective

‘actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime’

That’s the word!!

Out of the thousands of words in the english dictionary, its busy that makes me roll my eyes so hard when I hear it or read it. I recently read a caption on instagram that pretty much sums it up. It read:

“Society over-glories being busy and judges any form of rest. Any activity that is not seen as productive, is seens as a “waste of time.” This often comes from people connecting their worth to their productivity.” It then goes it where it stems from like childhood.

But it’s true. Think about how many times we use the word busy as an excuse or a reason. We use it when making appointments, replying back to text messages, making plans, or catching up with old friends. We’ve made sure our identity and value of life is based on this criteria of being busy.

I’ve tried to use ‘busy’ less in my vocabulary because I’m trying to prioritise what’s important of my attention and when. Not everyone has the same passionate opinion I do have this four letter word and will use it blasé like it just means what it means- they are busy.

What word do you dislike? Let me know.