Say Whaaaaaaa??!!!

I have this obsession. With words. OCD-like. I like finding interesting words/phrases in the English vocab and I laugh at the word and how stupid it sounds.Kinda like when you get stoned and stare at a blank wall and laugh at it,when there's really nothing you're looking at (not that'd I'd know,I'm just saying...)

So,I decided to Google obsessions/psycho-disorders to see if there's a definition for my 'condition'(I just rhymed.Yay!), and this whole list of obsessions I had no idea existed came up.

I'll share a few.

1) Dipsomania - Abnormal craving for alcohol ( And then there's Methomania - Morbid craving for alcohol...Umm...)

2)Necromania - Sexual obsession with dead bodies

3)Peotillomania - Abnormal compulsion for pulling on the penis (hmm...)

4)Polkamania - Obsession with polka dancing..( I wonder what the obbsession for polka dots is?)

And the list goes on...So,I find myself right at the bottom. Verbomania. Obsession with words.

Hmm...I feel like I should be attending Verbomaniacs Anyonymous classes. 'Hi,my name is Santilla, and I'm a Verbomaniac'...

I like my obsession. It's better than being born a number three (Peotillomaniac),and go around pulling people's Captain Winkie's?

By the way,have you ever noticed how people always give you a weird side look when you mention the word Penis or Vagina out loud? Especially over dinner. Say them both together and you get the 'OMG...You should call it a pee-pee' face or associate it with something cute and cuddly? Umm,sorry to burst your bubble,but aint nothing cute and cuddly about that. It's the sensitivity that people have to the Medical reference of organs that CREATED them that always amazes me. It's like you've morphed into one of those unfunny and insensitive people that crack 15 jokes that aren't funny or tell a Jewish mate of yours 'Hey,you know what's funny? The Holocaust!' The Oh-No-You-Di-int look that the person you've offended greets you with.

I mean seriously. People have mortified looks on their faces acting like they don't even know what you're talking about when they spent the last 5 hours before seeing you in the company of one!

I.refuse.to.say Vaj-jay-jay*! (Sorry Oprah.)

*I do however say 'tinkle' when I need to urinate. The latter is just an ugly word,and the former sounds like it's fairy glitter dust that you're releasing...hmm...TMI?!

I digress.

So,what is my solution to this wittle problem?! Sharing it with you of course! I'll regularly post words I find amusing/interesting and what they mean and encourage you to use them (It'll make you seem smart around your dumb friends,and stupid around your smart friends...it's a win-win!).

We begin with...*Drum roll please...*

FLIBBERTIGIBBET ˌfli-bər-tē-ˈji-bət

1) A flighty,frivolous or excessivley talkative person

2) Gossip

3)A silly,scatterbrained ,or garrous person

Have fun with the word,I'm sure everyone knows a flibbertigibbet. If you don't,then it's probably you! Let me know what your favourite words in English,or another language are,or if you have a weird obsession as well.

The more you know...