Definitely

It's a word that I use fairly often, but not all time.  I prefer saying "definitely" rather than saying "yes."  I know in the south it is considered "polite," to say, "yes, ma'am" and "yes sir," but I had teachers that didn't like that and parents from California, so I never really said "yes, ma'am" or "yes sir."  I also never said "no ma'am" and "no sir" for the same reasons.

Sometimes saying "ma'am" or "sir" made people feel old. Other times, the teachers or parents didn't like the way it sounded because it would sound like other words or just sound strange to that person.

Anyway, with my mom and sister having Asperger's and having it difficult at other times for people to catch a one syllable word, "definitely" works better than "yes" because then the word "no" is the only one syllable word. 

Sometimes I say "negatory," but I usually don't.  At least it would still be easily distinguishable from "definitely."

Of course, sometimes I still say "yes."  The word "yes" isn't banned from my vocabulary.  I've simply found that a word that is longer than "yes" usually works better for people to understand. I still say "yes" when a short or quick answer is needed.

I also use "definitely" with the correct usage unlike how many people use "literally."  After all, if a person "literally dies" that means the person is dead. 

The Oatmeal has a great cartoon about the usage of the word "literally."

See The Oatmeal's literally cartoon.

Swoggling

Swoggling is a new word to my vocabulary.  It's not truly a word as in the sense that it is in the dictionary.  It's like Schnuffles (or sometimes Schnoofles - I spell it whichever way I feel like it when I write it, really).

Swoggle means "to steal" or "to swipe."

My sister has a dog named Toggle.  He got his name because he tended to toggle the switches and button in cars and on remotes.  In fact, his middle name is Switch.

Anyway, she was trying to figure out how to tell him to not "steal" food off of plates and from people.  He would try to take the food off of plates and you'd have to be quick and pull it away before he could grab at the food.

She tried telling him not to steal.  She tried telling him not to grab the food.  It didn't seem to work.  She turned to using the phrase "Swiper no swiping!" from Dora the Explorer.  It still didn't work too well.

The next time he tried to take food, since she used that, I said, "Toggle, no swoggling!"  It seemed to work.  Briana used it and my mom used it and it seemed to work.  So, "swoggling" has become a word that mean "stealing."

After all, "hornswoggling," means "bamboozling" or "hoaxing."  So, why not have "swoggling" mean stealing?"  It seems to make sense!

Woofles Schnufles

"Woofles Schufles" (Schuffles rhymes with Woofles, even though I spell it differently). is not a phrase I've said a lot of times in my entire life. However, it is a phrase that I have said a lot since early 2009. That's when I got my dog, Woofles.

My mom, my sister, and I all decided that his snout was just too cute to be called a snout. Since I named him Woofles, we decided that a perfect name for his snout would be a Schnuffle. We already said that the dogs "schnuffed" (which started as "snuff," but we didn't like that because it mean to "die" or to "expire" or "extinguish") at things. We'd say that they "snooted." I know that "snoot" is a real word. However, we don't use the verb like Merriam-Webster defines the verb. That is as, "to treat with disdain : look down one's nose at."

"Snoot" is also a noun for "nose," and that is where we get our meaning of "snoot" for the dogs. They "snoot" as in "nudge with the nose." I'm not sure, but this may also be a correct usage of the verb "snoot." Merriam-Webster doesn't have it, though.

"Schnuff" means to sniff or snoot around at the floor or in blankets or at anything. Basically, the dog is sniffing all over. The dog may be tracking something or just sniffing out of curiosity.

Now that I have Woofles and he has the Schnuffle, one of his nicknames has become "Woofles Schnuffles." Sometimes when he is schnuffing, I'll say that he is "Schnuffling."

Of course, his middle name is really Syrup. Sometimes he gets called "Woofles Syrup," too. More often, it is yelled when I want him to behave. After all, you have o have that middle name so he knows that when it is yelled, he is in trouble.

There are times that I also say it excitedly or sweetly. However, he usually gets called "Woofles Schnuffles" when he's being sweet and cuddling.

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Honestly

Honestly is one of those words that I know a say quite often.  However, it is not one of the words that I don't tend to realize that I say.  I know I say it.

I think the reason that I say it is because I want people to know that I am going to be honest.  I don't believe in telling somebody that their clothes look great or that they have done a wonderful job if those things aren't true.

I know that my hair is usually a mess.  I don't mind people telling me that.  I say "I know."  It's usually a mess because I rarely have time to take care of it these days.  I never LIKED having to take care of it, either.  I'm not one of those people that likes to spend time on her "beauty," which really isn't beauty because it's not me.  It's makeup if time is spent applying it.

I do need to find my aloe acne prevention pads because those help with my dermatitis and I realized I didn't know where they are the other day, so my face has been getting redder and itchier.  However, that's not the same thing.

Even when I am writing about the word "honestly, I have used the word "however."

I don't like when people assume that I have said something that I have never said.  There is one person who is a writer online.  The thing about her writing is that it's not very good.  At times, she has some good ideas, but even then, her writing is bad.  It's good that it's not Stephanie Meyer's bad, but it's still bad.

She wonders why certain places won't publish her stuff.  The reason is because her writing is bad.  She won't look at herself and her writing.

I've never once told her that she is a good writer or that her writing is good.

When I've come across her writings, I've only said I've visited or put a smiley face.  Sometimes I may have left a message letting her know what is happening with me.

She has never asked me what I think of her writing and I've never told her.  If she asked me, I'd ask her, "Honestly?"  If she said yes, then I would answer honestly.  If she said no, I'd let her know that I'm only saying this to flatter her and that it's not true.

I tend to try to mark my sarcasm with at the end if not also at the beginning with .  Some people just don't get it, no matter how obvious it is that a person is being sarcastic.

If you want to know what I think of your, well, your anything, remember that I will be completely honest while trying to be as nice as possible.  If you want me to be harsh about it, I will.

However

One of the most difficult things for a writer to do is to find a good transition to a next part of a story or article.  There are many transition words, but not all of them work.

Sometimes no transition word is needed due to how the story is written.  A space can be put between paragraphs to show the change of time or the change of day.  Sometimes all that is needed is a phrase like "a few years later . . ."

However (see how I used it there), sometimes a transition word is needed.  I know that it is not good to always use the same transition word.  When I write, though, I find I have to keep myself from always writing "however."

I know that I say it quite a few times as well.  Yet, it seems that it is not needed as much in speech because the transition of time is obvious to everybody when speaking.

I try to keep "however" as not being my "go to transition word."  The problem is that "however" only has a few words and phrases that are synonymous with it.  Changing the line of reasoning can be difficult without using "however."  The only other words that seem to truly work are "on the other hand," "but," "yet," "nevertheless," and "on the contrary."   I forget to use "on the contrary."  When it fits, that is a good one to use.  However (there it is again), "on the contrary" doesn't always fit when wanting to use "however."

If using vernacular in your writing, you can change up how people say transition words.  Instead of "however," there is saying "howe'er."

On that note, it brings me back to a poem I've loved since I was little.  It's called "Eletelephony." I don't know the author and I think it may be anonymous.  If it's not, apologies to the author if it is not wanted online.

Eletelephony

Once there was an elephant

Who tried to use the telephant.

No, no, I mean an elephone

Who tried to use the telephone.

Dear me, I'm not certain quite

That even now I've got this right.

Howe'er it was he got his trunk

Entangled in the telephunk.

The more he tried to get it free,

The louder buzzed the telephee.

I fear I'd better drop the song

Of elephop and telephong.

Y'know

I don't think about it, but I know that when I talk I tend to say "Y'know," after a lot of my sentences.  It's not that people really do know.  It's just how I tend to talk like how many Canadians follow their sentences with "Eh?"

My family didn't talk like this.  My mom, which bothers me, says, "Yeah, right" meaning, "yes."  I don't know when she picked up that habit, but I always told her that, "Yeah, right" is a sarcastic way of DISAGREEING.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that I picked up the "y'know" habit from growing up and being around Lutherans.  I'm definitely Lutheran when it is a cultural thing.  I have the habits, mannerisms, and humor of Lutherans.

Many Lutherans grew up in Minnesota where they say, "Doncha know?"  I think some have shortened it to "y' know?"  I've also seen some people online put "yanno?"

I know I've heard other Lutherans say "y'know."  The guitar player in Lost And Found says it a lot.

While I know that I say "y'know," I say it without even realizing it.  I think this is the case for a lot of people.

G'nite

I can remember that when I was younger, I always wanted a "cool" way to sign off of a chat.  I tried different phrases from different cartoons.  There was one cartoon that I watched where the phrase used was "Later days."  I tried that for a little while.  I also tried "Laters" for a few days.  Neither stuck.

I stopped trying and just went with whatever I would end up typing.

I don't know exactly when it happened, but I found that when I would chat at night or early into the mornings, that if the chat was a pleasant one with a friend, I started typing "G'nite" at the end.

I know what makes it this way personally for me.  Sure, it is "good night," but I've found that even when I have said "Good night," out loud that I tend to almost swallow the "ood" of "good," so it is more just the hard G sound followed by the word "night."

I started typing it the way it sounded when I said it.  That would be "g'night," but "nite" if often accepted in chat, and it is quicker when you are tired, so I went with "g'nite."

However, it is not night right now, so I guess I should tell everybody "g'morning!"

Gaybois

I don't really have an exact reason as to "why" I use this word.  However, I once saw somebody refer to the males that were homosexual as "gaybois."  I thought it was a great way to refer to those people, especially being that I like "gaybois."  I love them.  They can be the best friends for a straight girl!

After all, they tend to like to talk fashion (though I'm not much of a fashion person), and cute boys.  Then, there's no real competition between a straight female and a gay male.

Then, "gaybois" always seem to be so nice and cute!  The word just seems to fit how nice and cute they are!  I don't understand people who are against homosexuality.

I didn't CHOOSE to be straight.  I just know that I am.  I also find women pretty or attractive, but I just don't have sexual desire towards them.  I've no drive that way.  I don't care about homosexual women, either.  It's great that people are different and everybody should be able to love who they want to love!

If anything, government should not be involved.  Either all marriage should be legal or all marriage should be illegal.  If people are so concerned about gay marriage, they really just need to go join a church that doesn't allow it and stick with that church.  The government really shouldn't have a say.  Then, the homosexual people can join churches that let them marry.

Yeah, I love all my "gaybois," whether I am close to them or not.  They are all awesome.  At least, I've never met one that isn't awesome!