Saturday, April 18, 2009

Things They Should Invent: arguably edition

1. Arguably Awards: there should be an annual award for the most egregious use of arguably. Because you can use it practically anywhere. "Puppies are arguably the root of all evil."

2. Opposite of arguably: we need a word to emphasize when something is absolutely positively not arguable. "Deep-fried lard is [opposite of arguably] not very good for you."

3 comments:

laura k said...

Is "literally", in the misused sense of the word, the opposite of arguably?

impudent strumpet said...

It does the job, but I'm aiming for something with a stronger connotation of "You cannot possibly argue with this statement. There is no viable opposing argument."

impudent strumpet said...

UNQUESTIONABLY!