I'm into words. I look up words on a daily basis. I want to revisit the definition of words I use regularly.

I think about words more than sex. I love and long for words and their impact. The words do not have to be pleasant words like the word, love or luscious. I will gladly take a word that is not melodious or evokes warm feelings.

Words can define anything or anyone but I prefer not to be pinned down to words. I want to swim fluidly through words and not get hung up on pop or buzz words. I do not want to snag my bathing suit on a sharp word.

I want to learn not to take words to heart but be able to weigh my own words. Sometimes, in my passion, words come gushing forth unchecked from my lips. In retrospect, I often wish I could have quickly crammed those words back into any orifice I possess and is readily available. 

All the same, there are words I would like to cram up a particular orifice of whoever coined those words. I am not the only person who likes to latch onto words. We have popular words and phrases we buy into and then hang whole pop philosophies, hopes and beliefs on only to be disappointed.

Here, below are some words and phrases that make me lose control and I wonder how much money was generated in the popularizing, marketing and selling of these words. These are words and phrases that I would like to hunt the coiners of, down and do some  serious word proctology on their asses.

Closure - Oh really? Does everything have to be wrapped in a neat little package? Some things are better left open ended with no constraints. Life is not like a 90 minute movie with a happy ending.

The power of positive thinking - How about just the power of thinking? Who is to say what is positive and what is negative? Most fully functioning humans have a whole range of thinking that is valid for the particular circumstance. Some things in life do not have an upbeat spin no matter how you look at the situation.

Move on - This phrase is dismissive. A person who tells you to move on is the person who wants you to quit your bellyaching. Next time, this person complains about some shattering event or hurt, tell them to move on and see how the shoe fits on the other foot.

Life Challenges - This is a euphemism for being in really sucky situations, some of which may be self-created or on the other hand, beyond your control.

Toxic people - At sometime, we may all be toxic unless we are buddha, jesus, the dalai lama or some other walk on water person. Some people do have more of a propensity to be chronically venomous than others but I am not a toxicologist to judge. Maybe the chemistry between two people produces a toxicity that would not be there otherwise. 

Simple Living - Maybe this is an oxymoron. The only people who can enjoy simple living have money. For those of us who are struggling to make ends meet, life is not that simple.

Balanced - Yeah, right. When has life ever been balanced? If other people are achieving a balance, I want to meet them and spend a few weeks living with them and their balanced life. I'm ready to take notes.

Multi-tasking - I can't believe we are still using this buzz word. By now we should all know that the true definition of this word is, how much work can management get from an employee while paying the least amount in salary and benefits.

Certainly this list of buzz word and phrases is just a start. I bet you have your own buzz words that peeve you. What would you add to this list with your own insights? Or maybe some of you are thinking I'm just being cynical and jaded.

By now, you might think, "She is negative and one of those toxic people that doesn't employ the power of positive thinking. Obviously, if she moved on and brought some life challenges to closure by multi-tasking, she could achieve a balanced life and make the money for simple living."