In an effort to bal­ance the pos­i­tive, upbeat atti­tude that is the trade­mark of most com­men­tary on this site, allow me to intro­duce a new fea­ture: A Brief List of Words I Don’t Like at All.

Also, if you can’t stand my writ­ing, you’d more likely enjoy McSweeney’s “Ladies and Gen­tle­men, This is Your Cap­tain Speak­ing.”