I have a friend named “Hucklebuck.” That is not his real name, but every now and then, much like the show Law and Order, I change the identities of the people I write about in order to protect them.
One semester in college, Hucklebuck took some sort of theology class. I am not certain what he learned, but I do know he was able to pick up a mastery of the word “hermeneutics.” I know this because if we discuss anything that is remotely related to God and the Bible, he always uses it. Here’s how a conversation with Hucklebuck typically goes:
Me:
“I think I’m going to save writing about the Left Behind Series on my blog for a rainy day.”
Hucklebuck:
“That should be a fairly interesting exercise in hermeneutics.“
Me:
“What?”
Hucklebuck:
“I just mean you have to address it from the view point of hermeneutics. To do otherwise wouldn’t be very relevant of you.”
Me:
“I hate you Hucklebuck.“
It’s an annoying thing and I think I found a way to fix it. It’s kind of a “if you can’t beat em, join em” approach. If you have a friend that does this, just make up your own religious sounding words when you talk to them. I made up a few you can use if you’d like:
1. Beardronneous
This is taken from the word beard and erroneous. Beards because Jesus probably had one and erroneous because whatever you’re saying is wrong. Example: “I found that sermon on tithing to be a bit beardronneous.”
2. Parablacity
This is something you can say when you find something that feels like a parable in your own life. Example: “I think the credit debt I faced was like the prodigal son story, it had a high degree of parablacity.”
3.Lorumgesis
This is from the latin word “Lorum” and gesis is from exegesis, although I probably did not spell that correctly. Which was beardronneous of me. This word means to be very Jesus like. Example: “His grasp of doing something lorumgesis in that moment was very impressive.”
It’s a fun little game that just might make the Hucklebucks in our lives think twice about using silly words they don’t really know the meaning of.
Try it today.
