Another ugly word:
brooch
Unfortunately they're going to be big this fall, fashionwise, and they come attached to everything from coats to sweaters, so I have to type this a lot.
I think it's the misleading vowels. You actually
can spell it
broach according to Webster's, but I'm a preferred-spelling kind of gal. I don't like
broach as in "to broach the subject" either. Who can say why? It's not the
ch--I love lots of words with
ch, in fact I refer to "good language" as "crunchy" sometimes. Love
crunch. It's not the
br--look at
brim, broom, breakage, (especially
breakage--that nice soft
g.)
Another word that gives me pain in the fashion lexicon:
lustre. We spell it the British English way, with
re, as do most catalogs.
Luster just looks terrible and evokes one who lusts. But then I guess silk charmeuse has been known to have that effect. (
Timbre on the other hand, I like very much. Go figure.)
Now that's a nice word,
charmeuse. But you should only wear it at night or for formal occasions.
All of this to say: I am having trouble concentrating on my job today because I am so flipping excited about the Massacre. Big old poetry nerd, right here.
