blivit

Chuck reminded me of this word today by mentioning Kurt Vonnegut. The latter coined the word blivit in his book Palm Sunday. He defines it as “two pounds of shit in a one-pound bag.”

Incidentally, blivit is also the past participle of “to become” in Swedish.

And speaking of Sweden, yesterday I was filling out an online question/answer quiz and I was stumped by the question “is there anything special about you?” Well, I think I found it, but I’m not sure it’s special in a good way.

Bibi sent me this link to the Ikea game, where you’re given strange words and have to guess what Ikea item they are. After getting a perfect score, I was told I should get out more.

An encyclopedic knowledge of the Ikea catalog is a special thing, right?