Monday, December 12, 2005

V is for Vapid


I looked up Vapid in two on-line dictionaries and they both used beer as examples in their definitions:

vap·id adj.

  1. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
  2. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.



[Latin vapidus.]


va·pid n.
vap·id·ly adv.

vapid

adj 1: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless] 2: lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls"

I suddenly realized it was true! That was my brand! The Miller High-Life Lite that I buy ($11.99 for the 30 pack) is not just economical (i.e. cheap), it is vapid! Bland! Flat! Flavorless! Insipid! Savorless! Lacking significance, or spirit or zest! There it was, right in my glass! The perfect item for the letter "V".

... or I could use Marsha's description of it and save it for the letter "P".

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