Fantastigraphical!

Fabulous? For sure! Awesome? Always! Incredible? Indeed! We've all used these adjectives time and time again because they are superb! But recently, I was mulling over the perplexity of running short on positive adjectives, especially when leaving comments. I'm thinking, "I need more adjectives!" Then a Miracle Zone moment occurred when I caught a segment of American Idol in which Ellen DeGeneres declared "I need more adjectives!" as she judged an "absolutely amazing" American Idol contestant's performance. Then serendipitously, Leo of Postcardiness alerted me by quick email of a 1914 book by Gelett Burgess titled Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed.

03/18/2010
Dear Susan,
Here is the link to Burgess Unabridged by Gelett Burgess:
http://www.archive.org/stream/burgeesunabridg00burgrich/burgeesunabridg00burgrich_djvu.txt
What you will see is the text view, which is hard to read, but quite useful for doing a Find (Ctrl-F) for a word or phrase.
Once you are at the text view, click the "See other formats" button on the left side. I usually select the first option "Read Online".
I noticed one word that has gained some traction with roughly the same meaning as Mr. Burgess assigned to it, "blurb".
Love,
-- Lee

So, how about an ongoing challenge to create adjectives with positive vibes? Mash a couple or more currently-in-use adjectives, or create completely new ones. Just tag 'em Fantastigraphical!