This may come as a complete shock to my readers, but I can sometimes be a little over-the-top. Trying is another word that has been used to describe me before. My wife came up with a new one this morning, but I have yet to discover it!
I attempted to wake her up. I jiggled the bed. I shook her. Then I jiggled both her and the bed. I pulled on her blankets. I even tickled her a little, all the while chanting, "Honey. Baby. Shnookie. Honey. Baby Shnookie..."
"I'm thinking of a word to describe you right now," she said. Her voice had a menacing edge to it. "It starts with a--"
"A!" I said quickly. "You're word is adorable! Right? Or perhaps audacious? With a touch of awesome?"
No and no. I quickly turned this into an alphabet game, creating a word to describe me with every letter of the alphabet.
Bumbling, or bubbly? Cute? Dependable? Effervescent? Fun? Grandiloquent? Happy, or humorous? Irrepressible? Jovial? Knowledgeable? Loquacious?
"Loquacious certainly works," she said, "but you haven't gotten the letter or the word right. I see what you're doing. Feel free to stop any time." She hid under her blanket as I continued.
Marvelous, or moronic? Probably marvelous. Naturally sweet? Obnoxious? Practical? Quick-witted? Remarkable? Stubborn? Tenacious? Unyielding? Vivacious? Wacky? Xquisite? (Yeah, I cheated!) Youthful? Zoostunder? (Not a word, but I explained to her that's what mortals would call me. If I were a god. If.)
She's got some nerve! She invited me to leave, immediately, and started her own list, as she threw pillows at me.
Annoying! Bothersome! Cretin! Dork!
I didn't hear what was next. I exited quickly. My wife is good with words too.