Garbage Pail – Word of the Day – Column

Garbage Pail

Word of the Day

by Scott Hefflon

I almost got my ass kicked by some dude after I said he had a lot of verve. I meant he was a delusional headcase, animate and borderline psychotic, and would he like to work for me? But he evidently mistook my Scrabbling superiority for arrogance and wanted to show me how a road feels when it’s being jackhammered. Luckily, a little quick thinking and a hardbound Two-in-One Dictionary/Thesaurus sent him spinning wildly, his head reeling. To add insult to injury (quickly, of course) I proclaimed: “I’m a writer. My dictionary is bigger than yours.” Then I ran.