diff --git a/fish/prompt b/fish/prompt
index 5277bbb..e4f0b3e 100644
--- a/fish/prompt
+++ b/fish/prompt
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ function fish_greeting
 	if test -f /usr/share/dict/words && test (which shuf)
 		set_color c50ed2
 
-		echo "Word of the moment: "(shuf -n1 /usr/share/dict/words) |
-			awk -f $_agw_dir_rc/text/mid.awk col=$COLUMNS
+		echo -n "Word of the moment: "(shuf -n1 /usr/share/dict/words) |
+			ruby -e 'puts $stdin.read.center ARGV[0].to_i' $COLUMNS
 
 		set_color normal
 	end
diff --git a/text/mid.awk b/text/mid.awk
deleted file mode 100644
index f9832ac..0000000
--- a/text/mid.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-	z = col - length
-	y = int(z / 2)
-	x = z - y
-	printf "%*s%s%*s\n", x, "", $0, y, ""
-}