about Four-Letter Words

How many -letter words do you use on a daily basis?  Love? Snow? Rain? Lamp? Star?  Moon?  or ?

I'd love to hear your suggestions and i promise to print them as long as they are .  

Why so prudish, you ask from up there in the Peanut Gallery?  Because, i am so tired of hearing people swearing,  and of  the constant vulgar utterances  that constantly pop up in these days of multi media frenzy. Fortunately, it can still make me blush because I am amazed that one’s mouth could spill something so vile and in the next moment, kiss their kid or significant other with those same lips.   Vomit on me, why don’t you!  Yuk and double Yuk!  I hope the day never comes that it becomes so natural to me that it will not embarrass me.

My theory is:  There are enough words in our language to convey any kind of feeling.  Does one really have to resort to crude comments to catch others' attention or assert their self-importance? 

It sure seems like one does!   TV shows are getting more and more permissible with their lines.  Every little mishap and slip of the tongue is now cleverly and/or comically dealt with as an affirmation of the right of expression,  a freedom right violation if someone objects or a wardrobe malfunction if body parts inadvertently emerge at an inopportune time.  
It seems to me we are de-generating by the hour  ;

maybe we'll turn back to Darwinians apes quickly and effortlessly if we ignore it long enough!  Hey, monkeys are not expected to have to think after all, it might just be a blessing of some kind.

I want to celebrate words!  Terms describing how I feel:  Pleased, gratified, overjoyed, enthralled, enraptured!  Blown away, appreciative, energized and “on top of the world” are only some of the words i can use to express my positive feelings!   What about when a lousy mood falls upon me and  I want to vent?  Frustrated, hoodwinked, flabbergasted, tormented, irritated, furious, sickened, revolted, fuming, exasperated, muffled, opinionated and even flummoxed!  At times, I have also felt offended, neglected, belligerent, bothered, perturbed and disturbed. What about you?  What words disturb your sense of propriety or make you want to yodel with glee?

Now maybe you can't afford these words; maybe you're on a strict letter budget!  So let's find some good four letter words that reflect your intelligence:  Nice, able, epic, real, true, good, and cute! Glad, edgy, smug, wild, open, real, best and last also fit the bill; keep going if you insist on sticking to 4:  keen, most, poor, past, slow, cold, warm and rich count as well; who said four'ers had to be vulgar?  ;-)    Great F-word to remember? Fine! !    On a roll?  Free!  Fast!  Fish!  Fame!   

Merci to all of you making an effort to carefully choose your words.  There are enough of them out there to describe every situation; we just need to take that extra step once in a while, to show that our vocabulary is not limited to a few fashionable utterances; it can be such a pleasure to express the most mundane circumstances with a suitable and meaningful statement!!

Salut to my fellow wordsmiths out there~ and for those of you who are a little gun-shy, I urge you to venture beyond those comforting four letters and really express yourself!

Onward and word!

 Better be a Little "S" than a Little Less!  ♥