What would we do if we didn’t have the word “thing”? It’s a really convenient word, with many, many different ways of using it. It’s an every day word. When I began pondering the word, I realized just what a good word it is. It’s the kind of word that easily replaces many other words that don’t necessarily come to mind at the moment.
Are you going to the thing uptown tonight?
What a useful word it is.
The thing I like best about him is his compassion.
It’s a elusive word – unclear, but manages to zero in on something.
Can you remember the one thing that inspired you?
The more I think about it, the stranger the word gets.
How would you describe that thing in the water?
I could stay up all night thinking about all the ways to use “thing,” but that wouldn’t be a smart thing to do. Instead I’ll see what dictionary.com has to say about the whole thing.
I have respect for this peculiar, rather mysterious, never quite specific, delightful and funny little word.