I'm So #Amazing; If You Comment, I'm More #AmazedByYou (@LonestarBAND song): Are You #Amazed Yet? #Amaze #AmazeBalls #AmazingGrace
No, that's not '"me" singing that song'; but Lonestar does convey the feelings that come up when I hear of fellow TBI-survivors' recovery in 'getting back to life, to love, to living' (the motto of the hospital where I did most of my in-patient recovery).
I'll go on about how amazing you are for your patience with my not-so-accessible amazingness, but first ... 'That word' is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which the our lexicon stands ...
The word “Amazing” is built on |A- (intensive prefix) + Maze (|Stupefied, |Irrational, Foolish, Stunned, |Dazed, |Bewildered).
"AmazeBalls" (the most annoying word in the English language—an Exclamation Inviting people to Hit you) is a diminutive of 'Amazing' formed by some staff at DETAILS Magazine who coined the term as one of a number of adjectives they formed by changing "-|ing" to "-|balls."
Odd, how people today take 'Amazing' to mean "Impressive" or "Very-Very Good" when its roots mean something more like 'Confusing' or 'Disorienting' (so that the amazed person doesn't quite know where they are, but trusts that 'the amaze-er' does know and will lead you out of 'the maze')—probably with the help of media ... including the song Amazing Grace, and more than a little help from 'comic books' (the first ones that come to mind? for me, SPIDERMAN (especially THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN), and the word's probably been attached to lots of others).
Maybe that's why I usually end up looking more 'Needy' than 'Wonderful,' since I'm constantly "getting lost in the maze, finding my way out, and going back in (hoping others will join me)."
Or maybe I'm looking at it wrong—that's one reason
Our Father God said "It is not good for the man to be
alone": "Because the man'll think he's right until someone else shows
Our Father God said "It is not good for the man to be
alone": "Because the man'll think he's right until someone else shows
him why he's not"—Won't you show me
if I'm right-or-wrong in the comments below?
if I'm right-or-wrong in the comments below?
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