“E-nuor-muous? E-nor-mus? E-nur-muose?” said Stoit, feverishly sounding out the word while on the verge of a major breakthrough about her relationship with her grandpa that she will now never be able to explore. “Inn-our-mouse.”

“Onn-or-mous? En-or-muo-sse? Inn-or-mus,” continued Stoit, convinced there can’t possibly be that many O’s and in the meantime, completely ruining her shot at gaining insight into her role as an older sister by reflecting on the way her little brother looked at her at grandma’s funeral. “En-erm-uouos.”

At press time, journalist defenately, defiantly? defineteley? definiteley?