Xavier Borges, World of Warcraft orphan © miguelbHave you ever asked yourself why that K-word is used so pervasively? It's because destroying something is easier than building something.

Killing is the choice of the clueless and uninspired. Wit may not be at one's command, but killing always is:

• Did you know your reliable GTD system is worthless, unless it is blessed with a killer setup? By the way: Whom or what exactly is your system going to kill, and why? Will it annihilate your coworkers' Moleskines in a sea of flames or what?

• Blogs need killer headlines - allegedly; I dare say that they rather need inspiring, motivating, charming, fascinating, seductive, provocative, thrilling, suggestive, enchanting, intriguing, challenging or even just plain interesting headlines.
• What does a website and a domain name like Killer Startups tell you? Don't those startups have any USP? Great idea to bet my provisions for old age on them, it seems.
• Apropos Wall Street: are you looking for investors or new customers? By now, you've already guessed it: As a well-trained cubicle warrior, prepare yourself a killer elevator pitch. Please don't forget to clean up that elevator afterwards, will you?
• Sometimes, you shouldn't stop at a killer elevator pitch. Don't get a life, though. Leading a creative life is so old school. You need opportunities to kill, so declare war on procrastination and start your warfare by dropping a killer presentation onto your customers.
• Finally, when you come home in the evening, don't talk to your spouse or your kids. Reading excellent books is so old-fashioned, too! Guess what you need instead? Yes, it's the killer media center - enabling you to obliterate your family life and to blast all of the gadgets of the Joneses (no, I don't know how it kills those devices, technically speaking).

Tired from all that killing? Well, have others work for you and rent a killer, then.

Or get one of these all-time classics for less money than a pack of bullets and expand your vocabulary beyond the realm of death and destruction.