The Audacity of Words

💥 Hey! It’s launch day and I sure hope to leave you with a Mach Diamond vibe! What’s that, you say? It’s like a supersonic signature from a jet that makes a unique wave pattern. The water vapor marking is rare, looks awesome, and delivers!

🙌 Cue Lionel Messi’s blast into Inter-Miami FC! “La Pulga Atomica!” Are “Atomic Flea” and “GOAT” the same thing? Messi got his main nickname as a kid. Why a flea? He defied the odds with his insane dribbling and sprinting skills, despite his smaller stature. Now all the Messi fans at DRV PNK 💗 Stadium are standing tall! https://www.intermiamicf.com/

 🧠 Pink’s never been so popular. It’s even hit the neuroscience community. Researchers from UCA Berkeley just reconstructed “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1” all from brain recordings. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-brain-patients-scientists-reconstruct-pink.html This is a first! It captured the musicality of speech (or emotional meaning that words alone can’t convey.)

 💗 And, on an emotional note, let’s talk about Ka’Darian Hill, who played defensive line at Ole Miss. Last month he had his leg amputated after a horrible car accident. The star fell asleep at the wheel. Hill refuses to let the loss of his NFL dream steal his future. KD actually calls it a blessing. He gives a nod to words his mom told him as a kid. “God’s the head of the household.” Wow.

💭 Time to create! I want us to become fellow neologists. I can tell you my daughter’s 10 year old friends have a head start on unique words! They’re not “flarping” around! Use the context lol 😆 !

A neologist is someone who creates a new word. What’s a thing that doesn’t have a name? Shoot me a DM on instagram or email me at [email protected]. I’ll put some of your ideas in this newsletter and we’ll collaboratively come up with a new word or words together. Let’s do this!

✍️ Let’s get some words velo (short for velocity and rhymes with Gary V) on books! What are you reading? Check out this review!

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And, speaking of words and books, go ahead and get ready for “Solhubod.” It’s my debut novel coming this December. It’s an honor to have you on here! Thank you!