Superman. Supersonic. Supernatural. Supermarket. The list goes on and on. So many words with super in them. Of course, the one we have all had to hear for the past month – Super Bowl. I looked up the words super and bowl in a Funk and Wagnall dictionary (because if you’re nerdy enough to look something up in a dictionary, it might as well be one called Funk and Wagnall – right?)

According to Mr. Funk and Mr. Wagnall, super means over, above, to the excess or exceedingly. Bowl means a hollow, rounded dish, usually without handles.

So what I get out of that oh-so-intelligent explanation is that on Super Bowl Sunday, we should all be enjoying a huge bowl. I guess in a way we are, but after the disappointment of last Sunday’s game, couldn’t we think of something better than football players and fans to fill a huge bowl with?

For example, a huge bowl filled with ice cream would really be great. It would probably be cheaper to feed the entire United States a serving of ice cream than to put on an event like the Super Bowl.

Or if ice cream would melt too fast, it could always be filled with Skittles. Wouldn’t that be fun? I think a whole lot of people would care more about going to a huge bowl filled with Skittles than a bowl filled with sweaty football players and crazy fans.

At this point, I would like to say that I am a huge fan of football. I love the game. But I have to be honest – the Super Bowl is simply boring. I would much prefer free candy.

I guess the real question is – Is the Super Bowl really that super?

In all honesty, I probably overuse the word super in my own life. If I think something is really funny, I usually call it “super” funny. I refer to good movies as “super good.” I call my friends “super nice,” and if you casually ask me how my day is going, my answer will probably be (yep – you guessed it) super.

I’m not quite sure how my fetish with the word started. Maybe my “super” big problem began in elementary school when my principal handed out “Super Kid” pencils to students who did really well.

I guess I thought that if I used the word “super” enough, it would make up for the fact that my principal never gave me any Super Kids.

According to my thesaurus, there are many words I could use to replace super: splendid, superb, sensational, marvelous, wonderful, smashing, outstanding, terrific and far-out.

Although these words are definitely good enough, I think I’ll just stick with super. I like the word, and it’s only one letter away from being supper, which is definitely one of my favorite vocabulary words.

Well, with all that said, I’m starting to feel super tired, I have some super hard homework to do, my next class is super far away, and I hope you have a super day.