Squib Or Blurb? Squurb?
I don’t really want to define the two right now, but with the help of Mr Merriam and Mr. Webster, I will.
3 entries found for squib.
Main Entry: squib
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): squibbed; squib·bing
intransitive senses
1 : to speak, write, or publish squibs
2 : to fire a squib
transitive senses
1 a : to utter in an offhand manner b : to make squibs against : LAMPOON
2 : to shoot off : FIRE
3 : to kick (a football) on a kickoff so that it bounces along the ground
But that’s squib as a verb. I mean to use it as a noun:
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 a : a short humorous or satiric writing or speech b : a short news item; especially : FILLER
2 a : a small firecracker b : a broken firecracker in which the powder burns with a fizz
3 : a small electric or pyrotechnic device used to ignite a charge
a short humorous or satiric writing or speech
BLURB
2 entries found for blurb.
Function: noun
Etymology: coined by Gelett Burgess
: a short publicity notice (as on a book jacket)Function: transitive verb
: to describe or praise in a blurb
I was wondering if both terms could combine to mean a specific thing, such as a “short humorous or satiric writing or speech” that is also a “short publicity notice”.
And they could!
I don’t like the word “squurb” however. Maybe it should be a “blib”.
No, I think I like “squurb” better. I suppose you could spell it “squirb” just as easily. It looks easier to see and say. “Squurb” makes you doublethink your pronunciation rules.
Okay, so that’s what it will be then. Squirb: a short humorous or satiric writing or speech that is also a short publicity notice.
Here it is:
Tonight a guest told me she had read a good review of my restaurant and of me, on a website; and it’s one of the reasons she and her husband visited us. I asked her to email it to me, and there it was in my mailbox when I got home. It was AOL’s Yellow Pages. They have a restaurant review section. A guy named Gregory K. Hughes made some very nice comments about me and Claes’
MITCH IS GREAT
by gregorykhughes
posted October 23, 2004
Not only was the food wonderful, the presentation was equally exquisite. Our server, Mitch, was completely adept in using just the appropriate word to respond to an inquiry. He proved that knowledge is a powerful tool. Go there and ask that your server be Mitch and you will walk away the better for it. Greg Hughes
Anyway, that’s why I invented that word. I was trying to pass off a publicity notice as a short, satiric or humorous writing or news item.
I like what I do, it’s nice to know people appreciate it enough to write reviews about it, and knowledge really is a powerful tool.
A short, humorous, satiric publicity notice.
