I couldn't pass this one up! In my most recent post, I started to refer to Borders and Barnes and Noble as "superstores." In an interestingly Freudian slip of the fingers, what I actually typed was "stuperstore."
Acknowledging that "stupor" is spelled with an "o" rather than an "e" I found the construction really amusing. And so, felt the need to call it out and even attempt to define it…
Stuperstore: any large, blandly generic, overly sanitized store which strives to provide a "comprehensive" shopping experience, while depriving the consumer of any of the personality and unique qualities that make shopping anything more than a chore or duty.
That definition is surely a work in progress, so feel free to contribute clarifications or alternate suggestions and I'll incorporate them as the mood strikes me.
Acknowledging that "stupor" is spelled with an "o" rather than an "e" I found the construction really amusing. And so, felt the need to call it out and even attempt to define it…
Stuperstore: any large, blandly generic, overly sanitized store which strives to provide a "comprehensive" shopping experience, while depriving the consumer of any of the personality and unique qualities that make shopping anything more than a chore or duty.
That definition is surely a work in progress, so feel free to contribute clarifications or alternate suggestions and I'll incorporate them as the mood strikes me.
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