FLIZZEN

by Abby Myles

the days are cold and short, my friends. the economy and government are broken like a stale little cookie forgotten in your pocket, dribbling sad crumbs onto the slush-stained floor of the subway. but do not fear! do not stumble and shudder! we still have our laughter and our sarcasm to keep us warm! what better way to remember these things, our two most trusted companions, than to wrap ourselves in the hovering heat of a valiant word which combines the two? flizzen. go ahead, say it out loud. flizzen. when someone says “that boot makes you look fat” just shoot them a little flizzen and keep on rocking that hobble.

flizzen may also be molded into a retort: a cool snowball thrown at an undeserved sarcasm. example:

me: i think that dune is one of the best works of science fiction ever written.
knucklehead: (snort of sarcasm)
me: yo, you’re flizzen. (that sounds so good!)

flizzen is fearless. when a giggle is too gleeful, a chortle or chuckle too cute, just pull out your flizzen, behold the wit and audacity, and bake some new cookies.

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abby saved my hamster’s life once. she lives on the desert planet, arrakis where she spends her time diagramming sentences, carving confections into body parts (through oral means), and fighting crime as a part-time superhero. there are whispers on the internet that she is dating ben affleck.

this post is an entry in the word idol series. you can learn about this series here.