I've been learning some French lately, but that's not why A+ and I decided to name our blog interjanetaryluv. Actually, none of those words are French or French translations.
"luv" is a 20th c. middle-class single-working mother corruption of the English word "love," which means according to the OED "not hate" and is nearly all you need to function in the world. Love is [also] a verb, but we don't have to go into vague acts of sacrifice or pledges of fidelity. For now, think of "luv" in terms of nounage or interjections: all those notes your mom scribbled onto sack lunches, graffiti-shorthand when the spray paint can began to run dry, thumbed to fill the last three characters of a text message.
Luv breaks in when we least expect it and only just.
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P.S. Love is also a battlefield.
ReplyDeleteLove is...
ReplyDeletea couple of weird naked cartoons doing sappy sweet things for each other too.
Love don't cost a thing.
ReplyDeleteIn addition:
ReplyDeletelovin' you is easy 'cause your beautiful..doo-doo-ndoo-doo-doooo, aaaaaaaaaaaaah
luv.
ReplyDeletel-u-v.
el u.v.
el ultra-violet (burns).
el ultra-violence (hurts).
hmm.
love is better.
l-o-v-e.
it doesn't have such ugly connotations.