Because someone needs to state the obvious.
So, real quick here.
I just wrote an article and used the following words and/or phrases without giving direct thought to any of them:
Cocktail, wiener, pie, trick, gorge and 'spread out the special-ness.'
Seriously?
Happy Thanksgiving, ya'll. (Please note I don't actually speak hick. I threw that "ya'll" in there in honor of Beth, who's in town this weekend from the Dirty South).
Gobble.