If you use it just for the sound itself, it works well as a curse word substitute. Handy if you happen to have given that up for Lent. Or, it also works as a dismissive. Instead of "Whatever" or "Bygones." "Eh, blog fodder."
Nice, no?
It also takes the place of my former favorite Fun Thing to Say for No Reason: Coup plotter
As in, someone plotting a coup d'etat. I heard it in a news story on NPR a few years ago in reference to some former Soviet country. You can't deny how fun it is to say. And the fact that it's a term with fairly serious implications yet sounds kind of silly only adds to the enjoyment... coup plotter, coup plotter, coup plotter, coup plotter...
Anyway. One of the many things that endeared me to the show My Boys is that one of the characters has a similar fascination and as kind of a running joke will occasionally be heard repeating a word or two to himself while other characters are talking. It's hard to explain... let's just say it's nice to have a dorky role model on television and leave it at that...
I know. It's probably not inspiring you to watch, is it?
1 comment:
I am that dorky character repeating words or phrases. Coup Plotter. Love it. Blog fodder--I do think that one often, but Coup Plotter--I must work that into a sentence soon.
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