Feeling Spunky?
OK, we know it’s Hump Day—everyone gets the
blahs in their week about now. Time to liven things up a bit! Put some …
…
in your day! Pop a pop open and enjoy the fizzy bubbles!
While
researching this seemingly unassuming word, I found more definitions than the brio
words of action, above.
Wiki’s disambiguation page
enlightened us with Brio in a list of musical terminology, calling it “brio or brioso [meaning] Vigour;
usually in con brio: with spirit or vigour.” Play on maestro!
For
us unenlightened Americans (moi!), Brio is also related to Chinotto,
a bittersweet Italian soft drink rising to fame in the 1950s. A sweeter Brio
brand is popularly peddled in Canada, and especially fizzy in the Italian Stallion cocktail.
Those
seeking to infuse brio into their dullish products include a typeface font: Brio
MN. The flowing, cursive letters don’t inspire animation for me … but I’m
difficult to please. A similar, more standard font is the Bradley Hand ITC: Ex
ea commodo consequat.
BTW,
according to Google Translate, the
Latin “Ex ea commodo consequat” equates to English as “Advantage from it.”
Again, rather passive for such a zesty word.
If
you think Brio would be a great name for a zippy compact car, you’re
right. But you can’t have the cute little Honda Brio hatchback unless you
live in India, Thailand, South Africa, Indonesia or the Philippines.
My
favorite definition of the bouncy brio is a rather different Wiki
notation: “Brio is another word for 'life force'.”
That makes brio a comprehensive word
for that indefinable, invisible, esoteric energy that fills our souls with effervescent
life.
Viva la Brio!
Word Challenge: BRIO. Consider what or who instills brio in your life every
day, week, month, year, decade, as you fit brio into your week of perky
writings.
Write first for
yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)
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