Hahaha! Exasturbated is definitely a new one for me. I believe there are branches of study within the field of linguistics dedicated specifically to understanding how words and lexicons change over time—an important, natural, and inevitable process that contributes to the development of language diversity. So I try to channel my inner dispassionate linguist every time I hear someone who I otherwise wish to respect say “fustrated” or “nukular” in a non-ironic way. I think “exasturbated” is kind of a fun one though, as word abominations go. On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 9:01 AM Tim Eck via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > You got it! > > Somehow, my mind wouldn't go there. > > > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 11:56 AM Kipp McMichael via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > exasturbated: the feeling, during times of pandemic and social > distancing, > > > that you've done everything you can to entertain to yourself and yet you > > > are still bored. > > > > > > Thank goodness for backyard gardens! > > > -|Kipp > > > ________________________________ > > > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Robert > > > Lauf via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:22 AM > > > To: Tim Eck via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > Cc: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> > > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Additions to the lexicon > > > > > > Now it we could only get TV news readers to stop adding -ing to the end > of > > > every verb! What morons. It's no wonder kids today are illiterate. > > > Bob > > > On Friday, September 18, 2020, 11:14:10 AM EDT, Tim Eck via pbs < > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > Jane said: > > > "The second new word I learned today is something that we on the Pacific > > > coast are all yearning for at this moment: "petrichor," the fragrance of > > > sun-baked earth when it is first struck by rain." > > > > > > I had been familiar with "petrichor" already, though back east we mostly > > > don't get much sunbaked earth and have to rely on sunbaked boulders since > > > they bake a lot quicker. > > > A word that I recently enjoyed learning was "mondegreen", named for Lady > > > Mondegreen, much regaled in Scottish ballads. > > > But as uplifting as it is to learn a new word, I find it increasingly > > > frustrating to hear perfectly good old words being confounded and > macerated > > > on the airwaves. I am begrudgingly accepting that "death spiral" isn't > > > just for airplanes anymore, as "spiralling out of control" becomes a > > > mandatory phrase in every broadcast and that "epicenters" aren't just for > > > earthquakes anymore. (By the way, isn't the west coast about due? > Maybe a > > > "fire sharknado"?) > > > But lately as so many situations are being "exacerbated", I keep hearing > > > PBS commentators confounding it with "exasperated" and have begun > shouting > > > at my radio on a regular basis. As a child I revered Walter Cronkite and > > > other well educated and well spoken commentators and personalities like > > > Dorothy Parker and Bennett Cerf. But just the other day I heard someone > on > > > public radio say "exasturbated" for "exacerbated". Every time I start to > > > visualize that as a portmanteau, I lose my train of thought. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…