Word Smushes - A Pet Peeve
When words run in together they lose their meaning48 total reviews
Comment from JudyE
I haven't heard the term 'smushing' before but I agree it's very annoying. How sincere can it be when someone you barely know puts ox (or rather xo- lol) after comments?
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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I haven't heard the term 'smushing' before but I agree it's very annoying. How sincere can it be when someone you barely know puts ox (or rather xo- lol) after comments?
Comment Written 21-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Hahaha. Point well taken, Judy. I definitely earned that. I need to practice what I preach.
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Oh sorry. Did I put my foot in it? My husband says I only open my mouth to change feet. Maybe he has a point. :(
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No, it's fine; you're one hundred percent right.
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Very clever! I love the word SMUSHES... will have to remember that.I I'm guilty of smushing words, I admit, but I do it for effect, not out of laziness. For examole: whatshisname, forgodssake, and a few others. But I wouldn't smush just any words. So maybe I'm a borderline smusher. :)
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Very clever! I love the word SMUSHES... will have to remember that.I I'm guilty of smushing words, I admit, but I do it for effect, not out of laziness. For examole: whatshisname, forgodssake, and a few others. But I wouldn't smush just any words. So maybe I'm a borderline smusher. :)
Comment Written 21-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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I don't find those examples annoying; they're not for the purpose of conveying feelings to another person. So I think you get a clean bill of smush!
Thanks for the fun review. I loved it.
Comment from susand3022
Hi Rachelle, I want you to know that when I tell you that you write some of the funniest stuff I read, I mean it! It isn't just thoughtless gushing and I don't say it to everyone! ... oh and btw... I don't love you cuz I don't really know you. I hope you aren't offended... I do think you're probably a ton of fun but I'm not that kind of girl... hahahahaha!
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Hi Rachelle, I want you to know that when I tell you that you write some of the funniest stuff I read, I mean it! It isn't just thoughtless gushing and I don't say it to everyone! ... oh and btw... I don't love you cuz I don't really know you. I hope you aren't offended... I do think you're probably a ton of fun but I'm not that kind of girl... hahahahaha!
Comment Written 21-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Hahahahaha.
One of the perks of having been an educator so long is that I haven't had an ego in decades, so you can pretty much say whatever you want, and I won't be offended!!
Thank you for the hilarious review!
Comment from Gail Denham
Totally agree - "haveagoodday" is meaningless - unless spoken with meaning because perhaps it's raining and you wish to encourage the person to whom you suggest they have a good day.
A great way to describe these run-on words. Word smushes.
Thanks for a good poem
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Totally agree - "haveagoodday" is meaningless - unless spoken with meaning because perhaps it's raining and you wish to encourage the person to whom you suggest they have a good day.
A great way to describe these run-on words. Word smushes.
Thanks for a good poem
Comment Written 21-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Omigosh!! You are SOOO right about that one, Gail!!! I can't believe I left that one out!! Or, its cousin: "HaveAGoodOne!" Ugh!
Thanks for the fun review. I loved it. xo
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And another that we've noticed that drives us nuts. Every time you give an order to a barrista or a waiter, they say "perfect". Before that it was "Cool" and so forth. do they even know what they say?
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Obviously not.
Comment from Michele Harber
OK, I'm guilty of gushing, but not smushing. I gush because it's what I truly want to say, and fewer words don't quite get my meaning across. At least I'm an honest gusher.
Regarding your poem (yes, this was meant as a review, not a "disgushion"), I love the smooth flow and the intelligent rhymes (my favorite being "curmudgeon" and "bludgeon"). You have a charming sense of humor, and just the right touch of "righteous indignation." My only question is why, in the last stanza, you "rhyme" "rushing" and "smushes" when "smushing" would have kept up both the meaning and the rhyme. (You know you're reading a good poem when you're able to focus on minutiae like that.) Otherwise, it's a very enjoyable read.
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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OK, I'm guilty of gushing, but not smushing. I gush because it's what I truly want to say, and fewer words don't quite get my meaning across. At least I'm an honest gusher.
Regarding your poem (yes, this was meant as a review, not a "disgushion"), I love the smooth flow and the intelligent rhymes (my favorite being "curmudgeon" and "bludgeon"). You have a charming sense of humor, and just the right touch of "righteous indignation." My only question is why, in the last stanza, you "rhyme" "rushing" and "smushes" when "smushing" would have kept up both the meaning and the rhyme. (You know you're reading a good poem when you're able to focus on minutiae like that.) Otherwise, it's a very enjoyable read.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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It was a typo, and I love you for catching it! Thank you again, my awesome editor!!! xo
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Your verry wellcome. Yuo can allways cuont on my eagel eye to katch any and alll mistooks.
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Oh! I see Autocorrect has been at work this morning!!
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Why I don?t know what you mean (she says in her perfect Scarlett O?Hara ?Who, me?? voice).
Comment from tfawcus
'Smushes' is a great coinage for these meaningless phrases. I'd include some of the desperately awful acronyms like OMG and LOL. In this largely Godless society, Oh, my God! seems to be blasphemy from the lips of professed atheists.
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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'Smushes' is a great coinage for these meaningless phrases. I'd include some of the desperately awful acronyms like OMG and LOL. In this largely Godless society, Oh, my God! seems to be blasphemy from the lips of professed atheists.
Comment Written 20-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Good point, Tfawcus. Another problem is, not a lot rhymes with them!!
Thank you for this wonderful review! xo
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How LOL does appal!
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Omigosh!! You did it!! Leave it to you, tfawcus!!! Maybe we should write a sequel together. Want to?! xo
Comment from Heather Knight
I found your poem very interesting, but all the time I kept wondering if you were talking about real life or about reviews...
I hope I'm not using a word smush when I say 'thanks for sharing.'
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reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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I found your poem very interesting, but all the time I kept wondering if you were talking about real life or about reviews...
I hope I'm not using a word smush when I say 'thanks for sharing.'
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Comment Written 20-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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No, no; I'm talking about Real Life. I hear Thankyousomuch all. the. time. and it makes me CRAZY!!
Whenever you've written 'thanks for sharing,' it's felt genuine, Maria. xo
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I think here in Spain we don't here Thank you so much (smushed or not) enough. Although things are changing and people are becoming more polite.
Comment from Sandra Elizabeth Williams
Hehehe! Yes indeed, I hear these sweet nothings...that's what they're tantamount to...nothings. The person is saying the same thing to every gal or guy. Yeah, I know what you mean, Rachelle.
Not guilty though!!
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reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Hehehe! Yes indeed, I hear these sweet nothings...that's what they're tantamount to...nothings. The person is saying the same thing to every gal or guy. Yeah, I know what you mean, Rachelle.
Not guilty though!!
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Comment Written 20-Apr-2019
reply by the author on 21-Apr-2019
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Thank you, Sandra, for this very validating review. (And notice I did not say thankyousomuch;you'rethebest!
xo
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LoL! You are the best though! I sincerely mean that.
You are very welcome also, Rachelle.
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Lol. Okay - from YOU I believe that it's sincere! xo You just made my night. (well, morning - it's 1:20 a.m.)
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LoL! I do mean it! Good morning!
Have a great rest of the weekend!
xo
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You, too!
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Thank you!
