Vocabulary and comics

More than likely, yeah.

I was thinking about words today. Heck, I was even thinking in words today. I'd go so far as to say I was speaking words today. So, anyway! I got to thinking about how my vocabulary grew as a kid, being kind of sheltered as I was growing up. Of course, I realized it was through reading comics. I'd read them, stumble on a word I'd never heard of and reach for a dictionary....and then sometimes a thesaurus. Stan Lee, Roger Stern, Tom Defalco, Alan Moore....the list of  lexicographers goes on. I learned such great words as cranium, superfluous, cerebral cortex, epidermis, incognito, incongruous, ruse, fascade, nuff said, hoo-ha, and even a few phrases, like, 'let's get outta here!', 'He's finally gone', '______ is really, truly dead and will never come back', 'Feeling loose and slamming heat' and finally, 'It's a Spider-Girl world'. That last one is still true. 'Cancelled' was often bandied around whenever Spider-Girl was mentioned, yet they used the clearly-made-up word 'Un-cancelled' a heck of a lot more.

Until I stop learning, I remain

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