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The Adjective Extremism

Have you noticed, that perfectly innocent words like 'nice', 'tolerable' 'satisfying' have grown to have a negative connotation? I mean, so much so that, it's as good as insulting to describe a boy or a dress as 'nice'. We have to be extreme in the choice of our adjectives - It was awesome. The food was divine, the music was awful, mind blowing, fantabulous, abysmally pathetic …..


I admit that I am guilty of this sin too. We have to return to more steady adjectives and reverse this adjective extremism.

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Anonymous said…
i guess it's like inflation :) a "nice" today is only the same worth as a "passable" a few decades back..

sublime blogpost anyways :D
11 Jan 2008, 09:37:00
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