I don't know what you call it, but something that irritates the hell out of me that no one else seems to be bothered by is this sort of cutesy, punnish combining of words kind of thing Edit. This thing that irritates me is called a portmanteau, and gee, maybe I should look these things up on the goddamn Google before firing my keyboard. :P But people love the portmanteau and I want to throw my entire beanie baby collection at all the people who use them. "Man" and "Mom" are two of the worst for this. Examples:

• Momnesia
• Momoir
• Momformation
• Manbag
• Mancation
• Manscaping
• Manorexia/manorexic
  

Other charming examples of this sort of thing:

• Guyliner
• Staycation
• Bromance
• Edutainment
• Webinar
• Sexting
• Guesstimate
  

Even "blog" and "tween" are kind of icky terms to me, but I don't mind them as much as most of the other ones I've heard. But I hate portmanteaus very much and would love to see them blown to smitherines by a horde of alien spacecraft.

I hear people (who are almost always twice my age) at work using the term "Workman's Comp" and I'm a bit taken aback. I am not used to such antiquated language being used in my presence!

*I think it's a good thing. I certainly ain't no workman.

I went to the hospital with nasty abdominal pain and puking. Admittedly it wasn't THE WORST PAIN AND VOMITTING OF MY LIFE, but it was enough to cause serious concern. And I went to the hospital.

It turned out to be just some bug or something, but I'm getting like 870 bills that add up to something like $5000. For some CT scans, IV, and lying in a bed bored out of my skull for over a day. Oh, and I had insurance, sort of. It's a complicated story.

But WHY IS THIS FUCKING OKAY? I got sick and got concerned about it and now I'm faced with this huge ass bill. WHY IS THIS FUCKING OKAY????!?!?!?!?! And of course, my story isn't even the worst.

And I still have no faith for healthcare reform. Oh we might get something after things get Armageddon Bad. Sigh.