Bammy Loves Me

“Is there anything else I can help you with?”

“No, just the thing I already asked you.”

“Words? What do you mean ‘words’?”

Communication companies are the worst at communication. Is that an irony, or laissez faire or another benchmark on our continual plummet?

On hold, callbacks, apps, pins, passwords, and the service rep who says, “How can I help?” when they mean “I don’t give a fuck.

Words to Know: Askance, Askew, Asunder

I am still in recovery mode from reading bad sci-fi and think on ‘as’-prefix words today, ‘as’ meaning ‘with regard to’. Askance (a look of suspicion), Askew (not in a level position) & Asunder (apart).

Looking askance, askew on the heath, the lamb bleated not to be torn asunder.

Friday Words XXIV: Apotheosis

The highest point in the development of something as in “Many believe that The United States reached its apotheosis some time ago.”

Can also mean the elevation of someone to a divine status as in “Trump considers him the most likely to achieve apotheosis in the room.”