Revolutionary Grammar Are Overrated

Has the following conversation ever happened to you?

SOMEBODY ELSE: “I don’t think you’re using that word correctly.”

YOU: “Yes I am.”

SOMEBODY ELSE: “No, you’re using it wrong. Look it up.”

YOU: “I don’t have a dictionary.”

SOMEBODY ELSE: “I don’t either.”

YOU: “Want to go grab lunch?”

SOMEBODY ELSE: “No, I already ate earlier.”

YOU: “Want to go see the new movie Zombieland?”

SOMEBODY ELSE: “It looks stupid. Let’s go grab lunch instead.”

YOU: “How about the new burrito/soup fusion restaurant?”

SOMEBODY ELSE: “No.”

No, it’s never happened to me either. But I’m sure it’s happened to somebody. And I bet that someone is a lucky, lucky guy. Unless it’s a woman. And if it IS a woman? Tough luck.

While preparing for my book release last week, which is only 6 revolutionary days away from today, a friend of mine contacted me to inform me that the word “revolutionary” is not a noun. I said “yes it is” and she said “no it’s not.” I checked with Wikipedia.org and Dictionary.com, which both confirmed I was correct; she checked with her editor at work and your mom, which both said I was wrong.

And let’s be honest – I’m not about to disagree with your mom. Anymore.

So who is correct? Do you think “revolutionary” is a noun or a non-noun? In my new book, I use the word “revolutionary” as a noun approximately 23,094,837 times (approximately). If she is correct and I am the-opposite-of-correct, then my book will turn out to be one big mistaken revolutionary waste of time.

Speaking of mistakes, I think a burrito/soup fusion restaurant might just be the best idea I’ve ever come up with.