Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Okay this is weird

On the “Captive TV Network” – which plays in the elevators here – they have news, headlines, etc on one side of the screen and ads on the other. Well today they showed the word for the day:

Crapolicous. Which they defined as an excess of good food or drink. As in, “Betty was hung over after the crapolicous New Year’s Eve Party.”

Two comments come to mind.
1. Isn’t Crapolicious based on the word Crap – and therefore unsuitable for the “Captive TV Network?”.
2. Doesn’t Crapolicous mean an excess of bad food or drink. As in, “The SuperBowl party had Vienna sausages, 4 kinds of Dorritos and Potato salad with M&Ms in it – it was Crapolicous.”

Finally, I profess to a certain amount of incredulity that Crapolicious got word for the day status before Craptacular. As in “The SuperBowl half time with Diana Ross, Jose Felciano and KISS wasn’t just good, better or best; it was craptacular.” Because craptacular can be an adjective (see previous sentence) or a noun, “Demolition Derby with Pintos! Why it is a Craptcular!”