Hooey, Hoopla And Hey
Or Is It Hay? Either Way. . .
Hooey isn’t a word one hears much these days. In fact, you might not know it at all but it recently came to mind in the scope of a discussion of events taking place somewhere or sometime which is kinda like the nonsense definition provided by Merriam Webster. Of course, the urban dictionary goes a bit further but this is a family friendly forum. Well, more or less. I digress. . .
This leads me to hoopla. While hooey might lead to hoopla the alliterative activity attributes of the word make it fun to add nonetheless. So that’s important, right? Well, it works for me.
And then there’s hey. It seems it has become the salutation of choice for some in communication these days. At least, it’s one I have noticed. And certainly one that’s more than slightly annoying to me. In the last few days, I received multiple text messages from people unknown to me that start with “Hey. ..”. Over the years, I have seen a similar tactic used in business email communications as well. It’s not that formal is the only acceptable method of conveyance ofbut “hey” I think I have a point.
More likely than not, both the email and the text message will be deleted or ignored. After all, hay is for horses and “hey” has its place too. And it’s not in my world of communication.
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