My Messy Journey with That Annoying Word
Right, so let’s get straight into it. I kept stumbling over this word “chokli.” Saw it pop up online, heard people use it casually, but for the life of me, couldn’t lock down what it actually meant. Drove me nuts! Every time I thought I had it, poof, gone the next day. Like trying to hold water in my hands. So, I decided enough was enough – I needed a system.
First Attempt: Just Smashing My Head Against It
Started simple. Wrote “chokli = ____” on a sticky note. Slapped it right on my laptop screen. Figured seeing it constantly would drill it in. Yeah… didn’t work. After two days, it was just wallpaper. I glanced at it, but my brain ignored it completely. Total fail. I kept mixing it up with other words I kinda knew, like “chutney.” Made it worse!
Trying Pictures: Getting Weirdly Creative
Fine. Needed more firepower. Read somewhere that images stick better. Okay, what sounds like “chokli”? Cho-co-li? Chalk-ly? Brainstormed nonsense.
Finally landed on a mental image:
A chocolate bar (cho) trying to do a climb (cli sound) up a cliff made of leeches (that’s the ‘li’ part). Yeah, you read that right. Weird as heck. A chocolate bar climbing a leech cliff. Ridiculous picture popped into my head: sticky chocolate melting, angry leeches wiggling.
Made myself giggle. That weirdness actually made me pay attention! I saw the word “chokli” later that day, and bam, that stupid chocolate bar started climbing in my mind. Progress!
The Final Touch: Giving it Life (and Feelings)
The picture helped me recognize the word, but its meaning still slipped away. Needed to lock that meaning into the picture. Learned “chokli” refers to being irritated or grumpy.
So, I beefed up the story:
- Why is the chocolate bar climbing? Because someone told it it was too fat! Now it’s pissed off (grumpy!).
- Why the leech cliff? Because climbing this gross thing is super annoying and irritating!
- Imagine the chocolate bar muttering angrily, face scowling, melting faster because it’s so worked up.
Emotion + weird picture + the word sound? It clicked. The grumpiness became part of the chocolate bar’s struggle.
Testing It Out & Why it Stuck
Saw the word again maybe a week later. Instant replay:
- Saw “chokli”
- Brain went: “Cho…co…li?”
- Cue image: Angry Chocolate Bar scaling the Leech Cliff
- Remembered why it’s angry: Feeling insulted, annoyed.
- Meaning hit me: Grumpy, Irritated.
Worked! Honestly, it feels silly writing it out. A chocolate bar climbing a cliff of leeches because it’s grumpy? Sounds bonkers. But here’s why it stuck:
- It was personal: I made it myself.
- It was weird and specific: Easy to spot, hard to forget.
- It had feelings: The grumpiness connected the picture to the meaning.
- I took action: Didn’t just stare, I actively built this ridiculous scene.
Now, that damn word is glued in my brain. Every time, I see the chocolate bar’s grumpy face. Mission accomplished. Won’t win any elegance awards, but it got the job done.
