'Dogsbody,' eh? Oh, this is going to be
FUN!
It's the new hit game show that's not just sweeping the NATION—it's sweeping the GLOBE!
(Drum Roll, please...) Ladies & Gentlemen.... Welcome to IDIOMS!
I used to communicate much better in writing than I do now, but I've always communicated better verbally.
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I quite often can't think of the word that fits a certain situation at the time I need it.
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Same here, and it applies equally to verbal & written. It's like I know the word I want to use, and I know that I know it. I haven't forgotten it; I just can't bring it out—like it's hidden in a fog or something. Sometimes I know what letter it starts with, or I can see part of it, or I know a word that sounds kind of similar, but not quite close enough... It's infuriating!
At least when I'm composing/writing something I can stop and bring up a... dang, what's another word for 'thesaurus'?
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Those touchy freely, group therapy team building weekends used to freak me out.
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Uh-oh... I used to design & run some of those...
Not so much the touchy-feely type—more the cooperative effort activity type—it depended on what the client wanted, and touchy-feely wasn't (isn't?) politically correct at Megacorp here.
Haven't slept in two nights myself. Pain in my neck has kept me up, and I ran out of amitriptyline (low dose for sleping with chronic pain); it's due any day...
Doc