No words. No funny.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. As a writer, that saying bugs me. And here is why. All of these lolcats and ecards that people are posting, are not as funny without the words. The words bring a new meaning to it. Just saying. But really, I was just looking for a reason to post this latest funny picture.

Never at a loss for words.

There are over a million words in the English language. Which makes it pretty hard to pick your favorites. But over the years I have gravitated to certain ones for different reasons. Here's how they rank to me right now.

Most descriptive: Cantankerous

Fun to say: Sparkle

Smartest sounding: Ostentatious

Currently using: Galoot

Hardest to say: Entrepreneurial

New to me: Yesternight

Mouth workout: Chartreuse

Most used: Dude

Most underused: Please

Bring back: Groovy

Breaking news: F-bomb just made it into the dictionary.

I can’t say I am surprised. Once my dad knows a word like that, I know it is no longer cool to say and that I should strike it from my vocabulary immediately. But first, I am going to try out all the new words. Here are the 15 new words that 2012 brought, used in a few sentences:

After a night full of weighing in on systemic risk issues, dropping f-bombs and cloud computing, I was gassed and ready to leave the gastropub. On the way back to the man cave, after successfully getting rid of a mash-up earworm, I had an aha moment. A real game changer. Instead of studying about copernicium or worrying about being underwater on my mortgage, I grabbed my phone, downed an energy drink and scratched another thing off the bucket list: sexting.