Nitpicking, again.

[resonant]

Word I don't ever want to read again in a story:

Obsidian.

Thank you, and goodnight.

Comments

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

"I'm looking for Doctor Smith; do you know where she is?"

"Try the OB, Sid. Ian, go show Sid where it is."

See? A perfectly acceptable use of "ob-sid-ian."

Although it *is* for a Sex Pistols mpreg story, so...

*g*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I could have lived a long and happy life without ever reading the words "Sex Pistols mpreg."

[undeadjournal.livejournal.com]

a Sex Pistols mpreg story

That is officially the funniest thing I've read all day.

I went and looked Obsidian up, and the whole word is a mistake from the start. Merriam-Webster says:

Etymology: New Latin obsidianus, from Latin obsidianus lapis, false manuscript reading for obsianus lapis, literally, stone of Obsius, from Obsius, its supposed discoverer.

So we should all have been using "obsian" anyway, but somebody copied it out wrong a thousand years ago.

Please make "obsious/obvious" jokes. I'm too tired.