European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Words amp wit. A 1 a a a a done to let uncover of these concepts give you the Gums James j. Kilpatrick tie writers Art ome months ago Johns Hopkins University. S published a study of caffeine withdrawal. Coffee drinkers who suddenly shed their daily fix often have problems. The study quoted one person s reaction a i Felt sad Uncertain a general feeling of on the basis of that evidence i nominate Quot glum a especially in the plural form As new noun of the year. Who has not known the Gums we have needed the word for years. Readers have sent me a number of splendid neologisms. Here is one to embrace it appear cd in an editorial in the Bradford a Era a year ago. A it has been said that or. Bush had nothing to offer the people a this is yes the editorial writer could have said a this is untrue or a this is false or Quot that is a damned with a unto a the writer hit exactly the right note of forthright opinion tempera Tely expressed. In the same vein with Quot Unson is it appeared in the new York times in May in a quote from Paul Blanch a whistle Blower a i a nuclear Power Plant. He charged that the company a suppressed imy uncover of the the noun serves a purpose not served by Quot discovery or a a revelation or i like it. The new York times interviewed a health policy consultant in september. He thought the presidents proposals would be difficult but the plan Quot is not if a Given task is doable it can also be in doable but the word still looks like a misspelling. Several readers in Las vegas sent in a headline from the review journal last year a legislators say there is a Clu Clancy to Transfer state run programs a i thought a Reluct Ancyn might by new but it dates from 1634. Another Golden Oldie turned up in a Story from London. Reuters reported that an anglican Bishop returning from the United states was told that he could hot bring his piano with him. Why not the piano had Ivory keys and . Customs demanded to know when and where the elephant was shot that provided the Ivory. The Bishop rightfully protested Quot the Absurdity of this kind of retrospective great word it dates from the 16th Century. Apparently a is a coinage of recent Vintage. I thought it had been around for some time As in the celeb reification of Donald Trump but my dictionaries done to include it the noun turned up in August in a column by Molly Ivins. She spoke of the Quot Celebrini cation of news. For those who have their is minutes of Fame its a useful word. Thinking of the Donald Usa today interviewed Ivana Trump Iasi year after she wrote a novel that struck some critics As autobiographical. She said this was unto a a in a not a revenge us is Quot re Veng Cousy an acceptable substitute for a a revengeful i la buy it. The adjective has a snarl in it. Let us try it. We might like it. How about Quot undue Kabley in a letter to the editor not easy to give thanks for this weekend Tony Kornheiser we wednesday 8 . A we re All together for thanksgiving weekend. There Are 11 of us including my 83-year-old dad his cider brother Gus.,. And pads new Girlfriend Tiffany the spandex Queen of fort Lauderdale Tiffany appears a Little Young for dad. I ask her where she was when Kennedy was shot and she says a somebody shot Teddy Kennedy Quot thursday 10 . A 1 love this Holiday. I love having my whole family around. Of my sister Donna assures me her older boy Jason is no serious threat to himself or others this weekend. Two years ago when he put All our goldfish on a skewer and barbecued them that was just a sugar Rush. Thursday 2 . A the Aroma of Luikey and stuffing is fabulous nothing beats the sound of a family laughing together. Donna assures me that Slaughter coming from my daughters room. Quot Jason a very careful with the medical kit he really wants to be a doctor a she says. A that scar on his younger brother Jeremy a neck a Jason was just Well Over zealous. We be changed his i Tell my daughter to keep an Eye on her new goldfish. Thursday 4 . A what a joyous feeling setting the table lighting the candles Basting the Turkey. Tiffany asks if she can help. I ask if she helps my dad Cook. She says a ooh wiggles and i never Cook. Except in the spiritual wiggles something wiggles at 83? thursday 5 . A dinner is served. I politely ask Tiffany to use a Fork. Thursday 6 . A i probably should t have let Uncle Gus make the punch. I had to drag the kids away but i was too late for my brother sieves wife Ellen. As she sits in front of six empty cups stacked. Tike Tupperware and starts taking off her clothes she glowers at Steve and demands to know if a you and your so called paralegal Ever did it on the bathroom floor so you could see the imprint of our handmade Spanish tiles on her 27-year-old Friday 2 . A i have put Tiffany in the attic bedroom wiggles is up there. I m worried about the physical Strain. Then again if she Dies she Dies Friday 9 . A Steve comes in to Tell me Ellen had it All wrong a it s not Spanish tile its Friday u . �?-1 ask the kids Why they re not watching the thanksgiving Day Parade reruns on a Span. My daughter says a Jason has been teaching us about thresholds of pain., can we build a fire later daddy a Dannaf Friday 3 , a Uncle Gus gathers All the kids together on the Kitchen floor and teaches them to spit cranberries in the general direction of the garbage can. He Calls this game a firing he says Quot in a 85.1 can do what i want. What Day Gonna do Lorena Bobbitt on me a actually i was thinking of gluing him to Jason. Friday 7 . A at dinner Tiffany announces she feels so comfortable with All of us that she has decided to Tell us about her past lives. Even dad is surprised to learn that Robert e. Lee was jewish. Saturday 7 . A in a beginning to get sick of the sound of a family laughing together. I prefer the sound of cabs pulling up to take them to the Airport. Saturday 9 . A Jason declares Quot its Bloodthirsty and cruel to eat a Turkey. What would you Ivana Trump a a pm not a revenge us person. Of the oregonian in Portland last year a writer said candidate Jerry Brown had Laid out an a Funduc Kabley Issue. That a the very toughest kind. Another political coinage appeared last year in the news and press of Darlington . The state legislature was thinking of raising the tax of cigarettes but when faced by a Cal Titrant politicos from the tobacco Belt the legislators retreated. In my Day in be met a thousand recalcitrant politicos but pm not sure id recognize a Calci Trant politician if he offered a Cigar. Readers also have sent in citations of a outrage full and maybe these newcomers will make it to the dictionaries maybe not but done to let anyone Tell you that we Coin new words that is emphatically unto. Universal press Syndicate think if people started cutting up other people and eating them a saturday 12 . A Donna asks if in be seen Jeremy in the last few hours then adds anxiously a Puli Tony do your children Ever take out books on ritualistic sacrifice from the Library a saturday 4 . Steve and Ellen say they have an important announcement. I ask Gus if there a any punch left. Saturday 5 , Ellen a ride to the Airport a shows up. Saturday 6 . Steve asks Tiffany if she has a sister saturday 7 , a is there anything More loathsome than a 48-hour-old Turkey carcass do you think de Rollins would pay me not to serve any More leftovers saturday 8 , a Donna says i should rent a video a the whole family can i have a brother whose wife just left him a sister whose oldest boy is a Sociopath a Drunken contentious Uncle and a father who a living out an Amy Fisher fantasy. What movie would this whole family enjoy Man on family values sunday 7 . A what Schmeg Gegie invented the four Day weekend sunday 10 , a i catch Gus telling my kids this joke a Man walks into has doctors office and the doctor says i m afraid i have bad news for you a you re terminally ill and you re developing alzheimer s. So the Guy shrugs and says Quot at least in a not terminal. That a Why we never invite Gus anyplace. Sunday 11 . When Are the football games coming on at least drown out the hideous sound of a family laughing together. A sunday 1 . A dad done to you think we ought to get an Early Start on the Airport traffic sunday 2 . A no Steve you can to move in with me. Quid cd 3 done one of my neighbors called she said she Hadnot seen her cat in two Days. Sunday 5 kids Promise me no matter say next year we re going Tota Cobell. The Washington Post Page 24 sunday december 5, 1933
