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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hereby propose we rename these things.
Because obviously "currency" and all the vocabulary attached thereunto is no longer fully descriptive.
Therefore, I propose we rename the dollar, the "word."
As in, "I went to the store today... yanno, a bag of groceries that used to cost me twenty-five words is close to fifty these days?"
Now, we do have some other references that need to be revamped, too.
For instance, I used to call one of those pieces of paper that had Abe Lincoln on it a "fin." Nowadays I guess it's a "remark."
"If you don't loan me a remark for gas, we're not gonna make it home."
And what used to be known as a "sawbuck" should probably be called a "comment."
It has Andy Jackson on it: Must be a "statement."
"I gotta statement. Let's go get a pizza and a 6-pack for dinner tonight!"
We used to call it a "Benjamin," but I think nowadays it's more like a "discourse."
Put up a thousand words and you gotta "harangue."
Anyway, just makes more sense to me.
But then, I guess I'm finally part of the Silent Majority.
wryly,
Bright
global1
(25,247 posts)Very creative and very apropos.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)2naSalit
(86,604 posts)as shouting at their vehicle to fill the tank... no?