I was wondering today why a certain group of words that includes "thunder", "awe", and "dumb" get to have all the fun hitting people. Isn't the probability of being struck by or into something else high enough that we could combine it with the word "struck" to form a new adjective? Really, I think I'm more likely to be struck by a car than by thunder, hence, "carstruck". I can envision it catching on immediately:
"What's wrong with your cat?"
"Oh, he's a little carstruck."
What about "danderstruck" for someone in a fit of sneezing? Or "bjorkstruck" for someone who has suddenly become a babbling fool? (There are other derivitaves, such as "gone bjork" or "a bjorking idiot".) "Cementstruck" and "beerstruck" have obvious applications, and they almost have homophones. Poets with writers block, congratulations. You have just found nirvana. Or perhaps you are--dare we say it?-- solvencystruck. The possibilities are endless.
If I could pull this off it would be quite a COUP, don't you think? Hahahaha! ha. If you're not laughing, you don't speak French.
Posted by: Amy at June 22, 2004 1:18 AMYou have been away from academia for far too long.
Posted by: Will at June 23, 2004 1:47 AM