Exhilauren's [social media] Marketing Musings: January 2011

About the Author

Lauren Modeen is the Marketing Manager for Computech, Inc. an Information Technology firm in the Washington DC area. A Massachusetts native, Lauren graduated from Boston College with a BA in English with a focus in Marketing. She has held a marketing position for the past 7 years and enjoys all facets - writing, communication, design, promotion and strategic planning. When not blogging, tweeting, or reading, she enjoys running marathons, bikram yoga, dancing, cooking, traveling to places less traveled, fashion, and making cards out of beautiful paper.

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Favorite quote?

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls” Joseph Campbell

Good Words are Like Fine Wine

Eschewed - –verb (used with object) - to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.
Grandiloquence - –noun - speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
Meretricious – - adjective - alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry; based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.
Obfuscate - -verb - to darken
Perspicacious - –adjective - having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
Spoonerism - –noun - the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.