Catchword: awfulizing

Filed under: English

Part of speech: v.

Quotation: Heard a new word recently and decided I like it. Awfulizing is the practice of thinking something is so horrible and so awful that there’s no other way to feel but depressed, dejected and without hope. Awfulizing drags people into pitiful states of despair—usually needlessly. If you catch yourself awfulizing, stop and ask yourself, “what’s really the worst thing that can possibly happen here?”

Article or document title:
“Bits and bytes to ponder, even avoid” (URL)

Author:
Kelly Griffith

Article, document, publication, web site:
Orlando Sentinel

Publishing location:
Florida

Date of publication:
July 3, 2005

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