{"id":511,"date":"2014-04-28T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T20:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=511"},"modified":"2014-04-28T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T20:01:15","slug":"the-overuse-of-surreal-is-not-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/the-overuse-of-surreal-is-not-surreal\/","title":{"rendered":"The overuse of &#8220;Surreal&#8221; is not surreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/the-overuse-of-surreal-is-not-surreal\/\" data-text=\"The overuse of &#038;%238220;Surreal&#038;%238221; is not surreal\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Surreal is one of those words that has crept into common use &#8211; over use (and incorrect use) in my opinion. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/surreal?s=t\" target=\"_blank\">Surrea<\/a>l is defined as having to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surrealism\" target=\"_blank\">surrealism<\/a>, or as an adjective is used to define something having a disorienting or hallucinatory quality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_535\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?attachment_id=535\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-535\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/surreal-estate-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Like this\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/surreal-estate-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/surreal-estate-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/surreal-estate.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like this<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I believe the way it is used today is an evolution of the word &#8220;unreal&#8221; which was introduced to the popular jargon in the 60&#8217;s and 70&#8217;s. \u00a0Along with phrases like &#8220;far out&#8221; and &#8220;right on&#8221;, unreal is a generic idiom for something like &#8220;wow&#8221;. \u00a0Or when a person sees something unusual or unexpected they might exclaim &#8220;unreal!&#8221; or describe an unusual thing or an event as &#8220;unreal&#8221;. \u00a0That evolved into &#8220;surreal&#8221;, I think becusue it surreal sounds better and people think it makes them sound smart. \u00a0But it doesn&#8217;t &#8211; so stop saying it! \u00a0Unless you look outthe window of your giant mushroom house and the sky is purple, full of orange clouds, it&#8217;s raining fish and your dog (with a lion&#8217;s head) is flying around the yard snatching them out of mid-air. \u00a0Then you are free to enjoin: &#8220;that is so surreal!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Surreal is one of those words that has crept into common use &#8211; over use (and incorrect use) in my opinion. \u00a0Surreal is defined as having to do with surrealism, or as an adjective is used to define something having a disorienting or hallucinatory&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}