Catchword: exasperism

Filed under: English

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: For example, when the sink stopped up or the car wouldn’t start, Dad would heave a big sigh and say, “Life shore does get teejus.” Translation: “Life sure does get tedious.” It was his way of dealing with frustration in a humorous way. But it was also a great life lesson for me. Life does get “teejus” at times, doesn’t it? Tom Dodge, the sage of Midlothian, coined a great term for such expressions: “exasperisms.”

Article or document title:
“Maxim-izing our children: It’s the very least we can do” (URL)

Author:
Steve Blow

Article, document, publication, web site:
Dallas Morning News

Publishing location:
Texas

Date of publication:
Jan. 11, 2005

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