I give a look. I’ve been told this before. It’s not necessarily a pleasant “come hither” look, but more so a “I am in awe of the ‘interesting’ thing you just said and I really have no clue how to react in an affirmative way to it so instead I’m just pursing my lips and nodding”. I never realized I made this look, that is until multiple people began pointing it out to me.
One evening at dinner my friend Angie announced
“oh, oh, I made the ‘becca’ look the other day at work”
To which I responded:
“hmm, do I make a look”
Another dear friend of mine also chimed in saying:
“yes, you give a very sardonic look”
<insert becca sardonic look here>
Now, I had absolutely no idea what sardonic meant, but I’m sure it in deed was a real word. Which brings me to the fact that this friend of mine always has a very articulate vocabulary, and mine is, well, a bit, ‘er, um … not so refined and stuff … So I set forth with a plan. The next Monday at work I scoured the internet for a word of the day e-mail notification. If anything would make me learn new words it would definitely be having new ones (with definitions AND examples of how to use them) sent to me on a daily basis!
I waited in anticipation at for my first day’s word, and then I saw it:
PLAINTIVE … oh, maybe it is some foreign version of the plaintive word I know. Quick, scroll to the definition. Nope, same thing. Ok, maybe tomorrow will be better.
Next Day.
TORRID … hmmm, yup, pretty sure I already know that word.
The Next Day.
Cosmopolite … duh, a person who is cosmopolitan … ummm, are these going to get any better?
The Nextest and the Nextests Days.
Regale; Auspicious … seriously, aren’t I supposed to be learning new words?
I have now quit my subscription to this service and will begin using the Thesaurus tool much more liberally from now on. I’m sure I will sound adroit …
