Those of you who follow my scribblings may recall that the overuse of the word 'awesome' drives me nuts. So I heard a word that would be a good replacement, until it gets overused. English goalkeeper David James, on starting more games than any other keeper in EPL history, said it was a 'massive' day. Nice.
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Posted by: Sarah | February 20, 2009 at 08:59 AM
I tried to get Primitive into the same spot as Awesome for a while, but it just didn't catch on. It's original definition just doesn't lend itself to the same aura Awesome holds (overused as it may be...yes I am criminal in this regard).
Posted by: Spencer Cushing | February 20, 2009 at 03:46 PM
Massive! I think it works.
Posted by: Brian Hadd | February 20, 2009 at 05:08 PM
Agreed :) Awesome has a certain religiosity beneath its dude-overused-ness. Massive has a scientific, intelligent sound. Bodacious is slightly earthy. Maybe we need Will Ferrell to combine them into a Bushism.
Posted by: Dave McClintock | February 26, 2009 at 07:16 PM