Jul 02 2008
Big Word Wednesday-Week 12
Quick and easy this week. Manager Mom suggested onus. I said OK. It’s not too big of a word, but it’s a fun word. It means; a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc., and it is pronounced “own-us”. As in: “Man, they own us in this game!” Kind of like THE (the pretentious butt-heads make you put the “THE” in front of it) Ohio State University Football teams’ reaction when they played my Texas Longhorns the first game of the Longhorns’ National Championship season. Nobody else expects you to do that. Not THE Michigan State University, or THE Indiana State University; they all just say; “I go to Michigan State”. ‘Nuff said. You say that, and everybody pretty much knows what you mean. Sorry, Momo, no disrespect, I just think it’s funny. Maybe even a little haughty; which just happens to be our second word this week. It means; disdainfully proud, snobbish, scornfully arrogant; supercilious. WOW! Sorry Momo, I didn’t realize it was such a strong word! Maybe I should have picked aloof instead. Oh, well. I still think you can use it on your camping trip, though. You can use it to describe that fellow blogger who happens to be a fan of THE Texas Longhorns. As always, check the BWW Home Page for the full list. Go forth, and verbalize.
No disrespect taken. I love good smack talk!
Look, I can’t help it if my school is SO good that we can get away with being haughty.
“The” puts an emphasis on “University”, because clearly, people who aren’t familiar with our stellar academics might just think we’re only good for National Championships. (And, I’m not saying we win those championships…but, at least we get there.)
(NukeDad) Very well stated defense of the #1 second place finishing school. This could get fun once football season starts!
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haughty, hmmm, I know a few of those.
(NukeDad) HaHa, she obviously knows it, too.
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Onus is a great word. It sounds just enough like the kind of word that would make eight-year-old boys giggle to be good for dropping into conversations just every once in a while.
“I took the ONUS. ha ha ha ha ha!”
(NukeDad) I used to like the one: “There’s a fungus among us.” I miss the 4th grade.
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