Me: “I’ve always liked the word influenza. It has a pretty sound. Almost like a girl’s name.”
She: “What about little edema?”
Me: “Awww, you know if I had a girl, I would almost be tempted to name her that…or effluvia. I think effluvia sounds beautiful.”
She: “It rolls off the tongue.”
Me: “Ewww. Bad association! BAD! I don’t want to think of effluvia rolling off the tongue.”
