certain words carry a kind of musk that lingers and offends. words like "abeyance", "fornicate", "irregardless","negligence" and "career" illicit a mournful shudder not unlike a mouthful of gangrenous beef tartare. today we'll look at career, since i just discovered that i've had one all along:
to review:
ca·reer/kəˈri(ə)r/Noun: An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
verb: Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction: "the car careered across the road and went through a hedge".
Synonyms: noun. profession - occupation
verb. rush - run - speed - gallop
until today, i never realized that i have a long and illustrious career in careering. while the prospect of a career (of the noun variety) has often proved elusive and uninspiring, it turns out careering is as simple as pairing martinis and car keys. i've been careering since i can remember -- careering head first down a flight of blue carpeted stairs before i could speak, careering from police after my sister's 18th birthday party, careering smartly, rat-like, through the underground tunnels of the new york city subway, careering recklessly down cherry street on a pinewood sled-on-wheels. i've built a shining career in careering long before i knew how to spell the word.
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