Wordism

My husband says I'm wordist.

He says I have an unfair prejudice against words I don't like, words such as the following: slacks, panties, culottes, milquetoast, placket, stinker (I hate that word--HATE it, when people refer to children as "little stinkers" I find myself wanting to kick their teeth in), blouse, pleather, spank and purse.

This is just an example; it's early in the morning and I haven't had enough coffee to think of a comprehensive list.

It is true, I do feel these words should be entirely removed from the English language.

I also feel people should be fined for sending e-mail, text or other typed messages without punctuation, or with purposely misspelled words: ur kewl want 2 do sumthin 2nite talk 2 u l8r . Oh, for God's sake, what is the matter with people?

Maybe I am a word snob. Fine. But I don't like the term "wordist."

I prefer to think of myself as vocabularily selective.

Yes, I invented that term. I have earned the right to do that; I know how to use semi-colons.