After a busy weekend, I am back with my new Word I Hate To Say - Heinous!
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Heinous
hei·nous adjective \ˈhā-nəs\
: hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
— hei·nous·ly (adverb)
— hei·nous·ness (noun)
Today's word Heinous was made disturbingly popular by the police/homicide TV drama Law & Order: SVU, this word simply grates on me! Why? I am not sure, however, every time I hear the SVU monologue as my wife tunes in to watch, I suddenly want to find an old school blackboard to run my fingernails down!
Here is the introduction monologue for SVU - "In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."
I ask the question - why? Why is it so difficult to simply say that a "crime was very bad" or "was especially gruesome?" It is my opinion that speaking a word such as heinous is especially abominable! Seriously, if you read the dictionary's suggested words that rhyme, you get a list that looks like this... anus, feyness, gayness, grayness, Janus, manus. This is not exactly the cream of the crop of words to rhyme with!
Reference
Heinous. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heinous
Larissa and Friends' Bookish Life. (image) (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.larissaslife.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Heinous
hei·nous adjective \ˈhā-nəs\
: very bad or evil : deserving of hate or contempt
— hei·nous·ly (adverb)
— hei·nous·ness (noun)
Today's word Heinous was made disturbingly popular by the police/homicide TV drama Law & Order: SVU, this word simply grates on me! Why? I am not sure, however, every time I hear the SVU monologue as my wife tunes in to watch, I suddenly want to find an old school blackboard to run my fingernails down!
Here is the introduction monologue for SVU - "In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."
I ask the question - why? Why is it so difficult to simply say that a "crime was very bad" or "was especially gruesome?" It is my opinion that speaking a word such as heinous is especially abominable! Seriously, if you read the dictionary's suggested words that rhyme, you get a list that looks like this... anus, feyness, gayness, grayness, Janus, manus. This is not exactly the cream of the crop of words to rhyme with!
Reference
Heinous. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heinous
Larissa and Friends' Bookish Life. (image) (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2013, from http://www.larissaslife.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
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