Awesome? I hope not!
Awesome? I hope not! I hope all of you celebrated Diwali with your family and friends- you lighted diyas, candles and strings of shining tiny electric lights, ate your favourite mithai, symbolically fired some crackers, shared your blessings with the others, exchanged thoughtful gifts and prayed to Goddess Lakshmi to visit your house. Did you have a great time? Did Diwali bring happiness and satisfaction for everyone? Did it reignite old memories? Will the festival qualify as ‘awesome’ for you? Let me tell you why I am asking this. I do not consider myself a language prude, but sometimes the wrong/strange use of some words annoys me and awesome is among the most dreadful ones on this list. Yes, you read it right, awesome is now the cliche used inappropriately in almost all situations unworthy of any measure of awesomeness. The dictionary explains awesome as something inspiring awe, something extremely impressive or daunting . Awesome is what generates among one dread m