Not just a random word-a-day newsletter, Anu Garg's have a weekly theme. (The theme is explained in Monday's newsletter.) It's always interesting and often fun, but this week's I thought was especially worthy of being rated. You can find the text on his website, but I'll post it here.
After reading a bedtime story to my daughter, I sometimes ask her "So, what do you think of the book?" More often than not, the answer is a simple "Good."
I tell her that the word "good" is banned. The book could be funny, boring, interesting, scary, lovely, awful, awesome, delightful, ... or a combination of terms. Anything but good. It's time to give the tired words "good" and "bad" a well-deserved rest.
I think the same applies for people. People are rarely just good or bad. This week's words will show five words to describe them.
ebullient (i-BUL-yuhnt, -BOOL-) adjective
Bubbling with enthusiasm or excitement.
[From Latin ebullire (to boil up), from bulla (bubble).]
I think that's pretty awesome. We use "good" or "bad" or "okay" too much. I'm going to try to banish those adjectives from my vocabulary as well. Rating: 10/10, which is good.
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