Erstwhile.
Erstwhile?? What the heck it that? Is that an SAT word or something?
Erstwhile is the Facebook messenger word of the day. The closest thing I could think of was John Entwhistle the late bass player of The Who.
Erstwhile in case you haven’t heard it either means in the past or formerly. Once upon a time…
Looking for strategies to forget certain hurt from the past, today I am excited to use my new word erstwhile.
Rather than get sad when a certain song pops up on the radio and reminisce, I will simply change the station and say that is erstwhile.
It may take a while for this new technique to set in but I expect using the word erstwhile to describe a former time will be worthwhile.
If it is in the past, it is erstwhile. Gone, history, good bye, erstwhile.
It is our own baggage if we bring it into today. Let the hurtful things or people be erstwhile.
Go ahead say it. Erstwhile and then smile. Doesn’t it change things a bit? I think it may be a powerful new word for me. I like it, had to share.