Surfbort

I was hoping not to have to talk about this word, but I’ve got to.

Yeah, I’ve added it to my words of the year candidate list for 2014.

Oh, man.

The word is surfboard.

Surfboard.

S-U-R-F-B-O-R-T.

Surfboard.

Is that when you decide not to go surfing?

No, this is when you’re Beyonce and you have an amazing album,

But you pronounce the word surfboard like surfboard.

So what happens, she’s got this great song.

It’s called Drunken Love.

It’s a great song.

The whole album’s amazing.

She’s amazing.

Oh, yeah, the video.

And there’s a line in there that I filled the tub up halfway

Then write it with my surfboard, surfboard, surfboard.

But she doesn’t sound like she’s saying surfboard.

She sounds like she’s saying surfboard.

And so immediately everyone caught on to this.

And now surfboard is kind of like just this word that you throw into a tweet

Or a Facebook post just for a laugh and a giggle for whimsy.

Oh, that’s good.

It doesn’t have any real meaning,

Except you’re kind of teasing Beyonce about her pronunciation of surfboard.

Surfboard.

Oh, gee.

And there’s whole Twitter accounts that are set up only with surfboard jokes.

Oh, yeah, it’s a thing.

Oh, should we change the name of the show to Away With Warts?

Away With Warts.

Anyway, Beyonce, I love your album.

And go forth with her pronunciation of surfboard.

Yeah, you’re totally fine.

But anyway, surfboard is going to be on my word of the year list for 2014.

Excellent.

And Beyonce, you love language.

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