Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Nonversation

I was amused to hear this "word" for the first time tonight. "Nonversation." It sounds perfect. Urban Dictionary actually has a number of different definitions and examples. The Unword Dictionary is more succinct: a conversation between two or more people of absolutely no value, such as a discussion of the weather. Succinct, yes. But grammatically correct? In the way the definition is worded, doesn't "of absolutely no value" refer to "two or more people" rather than "a conversation"?!?! So it's not whether the conversation has value, but whether the people having the conversation have value. Eh. Maybe I'm wrong. 'Tis late for me. There's actually a blog entitled Nonversations, you can visit them now since I'm going to bed. G'night. ^_^