Technically, two words, but it’s doubtful that those were the two words that Paula Abdul meant last night when she was fawning over the performances of “the guys” on American Idol.
Of course, if your entire vocabulary consists of one-syllable words, you would be hard pressed to come up with anything to explain how she obviously felt about last night’s performances. Let’s face it – nice, good, cool, and neat -- fall a bit short for the Praises of Paula (not to be confused with the Perils of Pauline, but sometimes I wonder). Even 'real good' appears to have escaped her last night. Unfortunately it didn’t leave her speechless though.
Simon, on the other hand, was, and that was precisely how I realized that I hadn’t misheard what I thought I had misheard.
What I thought I heard was Ryan asking Paula to sum up the evening in one word, to which she replied (I think) “two words – Bra Vo”. Sometimes the show is painful to watch, like an episode of Jerry Springer where people are deriving pleasure from the pain and/or stupidity of other people.
Btw… bra is… well, you know.what a bra is. Vo is short for verso, referring the left-hand page of an open book or the back of a coin. And while interesting one syllable words are bountiful in the English language, I still think Paula would be the last one picked for a party game of charades -- “two words, first word sounds like….”
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