When I walked into a start-up yesterday, KD Refillery, I discovered a new word, adulting.
Merriam-Webster says it is “The act of attending to the ordinary tasks required of a responsible adult” and has been in use since 2013.
As I walked through the door, I heard the voice of Father Eugene Harrison.
“Paul, please use adulting in a sentence.”
“Paul committed an act of adulting today by looking up a word he did not know.”
“Very good. Now, use this new word as a gerund in a sentence.”
“Adulting is very hard work for Paul.
“Why do you think so?”
“Because Rebecca wants me to do the laundry, the yard work, and clean the toilets, when all I want to do is look up and turn words into sentences.”
“Father”
“Yes, Paul.”
“Why is adulting so much harder than teenaging?”
“You want hard? Try priesting.”
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