STUPINITY!!

Several weeks ago, Matthew began taking a little too much delight in the word "stupid". I'm NOT a fan of the word. AND it's always been tagged as a "bad" word in our home (when the kids were toddlers, they knew that was a word NOT worth saying). But for some reason, Matthew began feeling that it should step down from its bad-word status and be used to describe certain events, duties (like homework), and on one occasion, his sister...which I DON'T think he will do again...at least not anytime soon.

Well, so awhile back, we were doing something in the apartment--I cannot remember now WHAT it was--and Matthew was under STRICT warning to NOT say the word. Something occurred that caused him to WANT to use the word, but instead he uttered, "STUPINITY!". And I think he meant "stupidity" but it came out as "STUPINITY". Mark and I both just started laughing because Matthew's often coming up with great new words, and this one was just too much. And even though it was close to the actual word, the way he said it and just the sheer creativity of it was enough to get us all laughing and saying it in kind of a British accent, you know. (Like "quintet!") ;-)

So Matthew has kicked the habit of saying the word "stupid". But "stupinity" is a new word that our whole family uses now, on rare occasion, for things that are--well--you know. And for extra-ridiculous things like certain TV commercials and not-so-intelligent things we hear of people doing or saying, we have coined the phrase: "To stupinity...and beyond!" said in Buzz LightYear voice and with that same intonation. It just kind of "goes".