I hereby issue an obese-wa — an even fatter-than-a-fatwa fatwa, especially coming from a non-moslem — on the use of “Metro” as a prefix for something “undecided,” “iffy,” or “swinging in either direction.”

It’s just plain tacky, and I have Jeff Jarvis to blame for this horrible, horrible perpetuation with his coinage of the term “Metropolitical” for all of us free thinkers who aren’t as prone to groupthink along party lines. We’re about ninety, ninety-five percent of the population.

How does “normal,” sound, Dear Friends? How about “free thinking?”

I was hoping this year would be the year the term “Metrosexual” died its deserved death. Damn you Jeff for prolonging this cancer-ridden corpse of a prefix.

Known, and outed free thinkers: Michael Demmons, Jeff Jarvis, Doc J, Michael J. Totten.

AN ASIDE: As far as neologisms go, if Jarvis can coin a horrid term I think I can coin an even worse one. Obese-wa. WTF am I thinking here? This will be, hopefully, the last time the words Obese-wa and Metropolitical will appear on my blog, at least as penned by myself.