Brush off… not!

RUN… don’t walk!… and head over to this wonderful compilation CreativePro has put together of retro Photoshop brushes.

The links take you over to Brusheezy, which should be among your creative bookmarks, if it isn’t already. If you’re on Facebook, you can also add Brusheezy’s application, which provides you with a box to place among the others on your Boxes page. Designs are regularly updated in your box, which serves as a welcomed and regular reminder for me to check out Brusheezy for the latest and greatest free brushes.

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Infix! What have YOU learned today?

I stumbled upon this The Straight Dope article today via Twitterland:
What’s the origin of “fuckin’ A”?

I never really questioned the meaning of fuckin’ A, and never really thought about its origin. As I thought about not having thought about it, it struck me odd that I never had thought to think about it, since it is something about which I would SO likely think.

(Congratulations if you’re still upright after reading that last sentence.)

Within the inherent lewdness of the research topic, I reached this line and froze in my tracks:

The phrase has been an adverb, an adjective, an infix (an affix stuck into the middle of a root, e.g., “abso-fuckin’-A-lutely”),…

An infix? I’ve never heard of this term before! How is it I have been unfamiliar with this term my entire life?!?! I felt tingly upon reading it. I felt like another piece of the mysterious puzzle that is Regina Rivera was found. I read it over and over about 5 times.

Infix. Infix. Infix. Infix. Infix.

Then I caught myself. And felt like a total geek.

Then I didn’t care.

INFIX! INFIX! INFIX! INFIX! INFIX!

Commit it to memory.

Did I somehow miss this in my beloved Strunk & White? Y’all know I’m going to rush home and look it up.

Anyway…

So, I finally got around to reading the rest of the page. Then this appeared:

“…American Dialect Society mailing list.”

The huh-who-what Society? Why didn’t I know about it and why has no one invited me? I wanna play!

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