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The Crew Welcomes Their Newest Member
Join us in the ‘Perplexium’
This article was created as one of a series in an ongoing challenge where a group of writers creates words that should be in the dictionary. It’s a lot of fun and we’d love you to join us.
I’d like to welcome our newest member of the group,
A newly graduated Clinical Counsellor, Danell has had her eyes opened to social injustices, many of them highlighted by life in this pandemic.
She’s a lifelong Republican who has shifted to the left, which intrigues me. I’m really interested in reading about her experiences and what spurred the change in her politics.
Her voice is important and I’m willing to listen and learn from what she has to say.
In this interesting article about her shift to the left, she talks about being open to listening to other opinions and the importance of assuming “positive intent” and “unconditional positive regard.”
This immediately reminded me of this quote by Brene Brown, one of my favorite writers.
“…sometimes when we are beating ourselves up, we need to stop and say to that harassing voice inside, “Man, I’m doing the very best I can right now.” ” ― Brené Brown, Rising Strong
Assuming that others are doing their best removes so much judgment and allows you to see who they really are. It also allows you to listen to their point of view, without having to agree with it.
I’m happy to meet you Danell and look forward to reading more of your writing.
In her first contribution to The Crew, Danell coined some great quarantine words, including Pandemaby. We may find there is a new baby boom generation, conceived during the summer of 2020.
Introducing the Crew. We’re now Ten Members Strong.
Eli Snow , Daniel G. Clark , Tree Langdon, Eashan Reddy Kotha, Paroma Sen, Keno Ogbo, James G Brennan Uchechi Obasi, Timothy Key, Danell teNyenhuis Black
Daniel coined Waitag, which I’m guilty of. Waitag is for the times when you’ve been prompted to respond to an article but leave them hanging for a long time. I confess I’m guilty of waitag.
Uchechi shared the useful word Slurt, for the friend that cannot keep secrets and blurts them out.
James coined Powgry, a great word for power hungry.
Keno coined Aweshortsome for feeling awesome while selling yourself short just in case the other person does not think so.
Tree coined Classifried for fried food eaten in a classy restaurant.
Paroma shared Confoundium, the state of distraction brought on by multitasking.
Eashan shared the word Foodspire, to describe sweating while eating spicy food.
Eli Snow coined Neglecticle for that forlorn article of clothing in your closet.
Timothy provided us with Dipnoodle, a G rated curse word. Recently, he coined Catastrolypse as he was searching for the perfect word in a story he was writing.
Danell created some great words, including Pandemend. It’s what we’re all waiting for — the end date of the pandemic.
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