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Old 03-02-2007, 06:51 AM   #25 (permalink)
Glass Joe
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Hehe... this reminds of an argument (playful, not confrontational) I had with a classmate many years ago. She really liked to use the word "love" a lot (way too much IMO), to describe many different feelings for many different things. Almost everything. I remember one day getting annoyed with her about this, so I started bugging her about using more detailed words to describe what she was feeling.

How about words like, I don't know, "tastes good", "comfortable", "soothing", "mildly fond of", "mutual respect for", "acceptable", "cozy", etc...? And what about the differences between the way you feel about your mom vs. the way you feel about your country vs. the way you feel about your cat vs. the way you feel about your blankets when you're sleeping in, etc.? And, I don't know, what about the differences between "devotion", "compassion", "altruism", "affection", "romance", "seduction", "puppy love", etc...? Well you get the idea.

Anywho, as I was listing off all these different ways to describe love, her facial expression slowly went...

from this:
to this:

She was kind of a brat, so she pretty much told me in a nice-but-not-so-nice way where I could go stick my long list of words.

No matter what I said, she was sticking with the word "love" and didn't really feel the need to use anything else. My arguing with her only seemed to strengthen her resolve. I guess she didn't want to be burdened by all these variations and degrees of the word "love". So yeah, now that I think about it, I guess sometimes people can err on the other side too, and be way too descriptive, and use way too many words to try to describe something.
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