Sourcefork is an “S” Word

Sourcefork is an “S” Word, and I just made it up! (I’m so proud of myself) So what is a sourcefork? A sourcefork is what occurs when you back trace something from its feeder sources and encounter a fork. For example; when traveling up stream through a river and you encounter a fork where two tributaries come together to form or contribute to the river, that’s a sourcefork.

One should not confuse a forward fork with a sourcefork. A forward fork is like a fork in the road you encounter. You choose one path or the other. A sourcefork is like merging traffic. Something you maybe didn’t expect or maybe did, but it is added to what is already moving along the path.

People tend to look at life as a series of cross roads and forks in the road, at which they have to make choices, and those choices decide their life outcomes. Well I’m telling you life’s highway has cross roads, forks, and a whole lot of on-ramps. That means there’s tons of traffic joining you that you didn’t personally invite on your life’s trip. So now you know where all those good, aggravating, sweet, dangerous, inspiring, depressing, brilliant, idiots came from; sourceforks.

Now, I know sourcefork could be two words, source, and fork, but then it wouldn’t be a new word; just a new term. I liked the idea of having a unique word coined on this blog. First, inventing anything new is always so kewl (yes I spell kewl differently). Secondly, if you have a unique word on your blog that no one else has, and if anyone else ever has the same thought, or just gets brain stupid and types it into Google, well there you are, not only number one in the list, but also the only one in the list. At least in theory, that’s the way it works. I suppose this will be a live test of sourcefork. Who knows what will happen? That’s the way life is here beneath the Carolina moon; full of sourceforks you didn’t know existed, until you look back. Which is a subject for another day.

Posted by Dread whose life has had and continues to have more crossroads, forks, and sourceforks than he ever expected. The skills of dodging idiots in merging traffic and potholes, while not confusing an off ramp with a fork, continue to be necessary skills of growing significance. Courteous drivers and compatibly tempered passengers are appreciated deeply. And, you thought learning to parallel park was the toughest part of driving?

(post log: if you ever find a word that Google can’t find, use it quick. I don’t think Google ever gives up, nor that we're only one, or number one. sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork sourcefork there!)