Aphorismus ( a-phor-is’-mus): Calling into question the proper use of a word.
Love? What? You “love” ice cream? Ice cream is a sweetened liquid that you eat with a spoon. Save your love for your family and friends. The affection you have for ice cream is misplaced: love is a two-way street, a mutual affection. I don’t think you can love a thing, no matter how yummy it is.
Use that word carefully. Alongside hate, love may be the most important, and misused, word in the English language. It isn’t healthy to call your desire for, and enjoyment of material objects and processes, love.
Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)
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