I have decided that the word mull is overused by the media. How about this headline?
"Editors mull using some different goddamn verbs in headlines"
Seriously, what is it about this word that seems to attract those in journalism? It doesn't fit the "race to the bottom" mentality for dumbing down written media to appeal to a wider audience (double-meaning intended), as first effectively used by USA Today. How many people do you know who use the word "mull" in regular conversation? Probably not many, unless perhaps you hang out with journalists.
Now personally I prefer vocabularital variety (yes I made that word up), and I suppose I'd rather see more uncommon words in headlines and articles than fewer; but mull has jumped the shark. It's just overused. It's time to consider, ponder, wonder, think about, contemplate, ruminate, study, and mull over using some other words.
K, sorry, thanks, bai.
Peter (used to have a mullet)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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