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10 Jan 2011

I know there’s several definitions, but Ange and I came up with our own spin on this a while ago.
It’s an incredibly serious issue.
Remember what happens to Bridget Jones when she first meets Mark Darcy in the reindeer jumper?? She says anything, nothing and everything. Makes no sense and then disastrously tries to act cool to recover.
*Cue Sympathetic Facepalm*
Welcome to the world of Word Vomit.
It can happen around hot guys, cute guys, intimidating guys, guys you like, or guys who put you on the spot about something.
Yes. Guys would be the common factor here.

And jeez sometimes I can get completely blindsided by it.
So how it works:
First off your brain lets you down 100%. So don’t rely on it. It has about as much skill as half a glass of jelly at this point.
Basically one of two things can happen:
1. Literally WHATEVER is in your head… proceeds to spill out of your mouth. You know that filter that usually kicks in and makes you sound semi-normal? Yes, well Word Vomit causes this filter to malfunction to the max. In fact. There is no filter. The filter has left the building.
2. Your brain declares Emergency Status and commands you say anything. Whatever you can think of! The first thing that pops into your head. OH MY GOSH just say something!!!
But don’t forget to sound smart and/or witty and/or brilliant.
Awesome brain. You’re such a gem right now.
Thanks.
And then you mumble something truly amazing, profound and intellectual like…
“Um… so … the sky is really blue today.” Or ” I like stars.”
Sigh. Fab-uuuuulous.
But whatever you do. Do NOT try and counteract the Word Vomit by trying to sound cool. Just don’t. No! Resist the urge. Your brain will not play ball.
It will result in a conversational disaster, at which point your brain will chip in and very eloquently go:

Trust.
This will happen to you at least once in your life. Laugh about it afterwards.
Because ( and I’m trying to mentally tattoo this next line onto my palm).
You’re not dead, the world has not ENDED, it’s quite funny and it always, always, always could’ve been worse