March 2009
McSweeney's: Song Titles, Before Editing for... →
aja:
“My Wings Feel a Stirring of Air Beneath Them. Is That Air You? Methinks Yes”
“I Have Looked for Quite Some Time, but, Alas, the Object of My Search Has Eluded Me”
“Caroline, You Are Delectable”
“Baby, You Hit Me Once, and When You Did, All I Could Think Was That I Would Relish Your Doing It Once More”
“It Is Morning and You Are Glorious, but I Am Still Unclear About What the...
argal
wordjournal:
adverb, conjunction • therefore, thus.
The word is a corruption of Latin ergo (therefore, thus), and it is used facetiously to indicate that the reasoning which precedes the stated conclusion is absurd or ludicrous.
For example, the clown in Hamlet (V.i) reasons: “If the man go to this water and drown himself, it is [done wittingly], will he, nill he, he goes,—mark you that? But...