tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post7732271344399820160..comments2024-03-28T03:13:28.585-04:00Comments on Beauty, and What It Means: Thoughts on a Word: AttractiveAutumn Whitefield-Madranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-84565619330789261312015-01-19T07:48:28.719-05:002015-01-19T07:48:28.719-05:00Superhero Shredding
Superhero Shredding Review...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EeWypqPRI/html/" rel="nofollow">Superhero Shredding</a> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EeWypqPRI/html/" rel="nofollow">Superhero Shredding Review</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476187576527713094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-31009560928089267582012-02-14T22:49:14.551-05:002012-02-14T22:49:14.551-05:00Ha! I totally do that too, and like you, not consc...Ha! I totally do that too, and like you, not consciously. In a way it's almost a sort of nod to the original meaning of the word: Instead of saying "He's attractive" when you're not actually attracted to him, saying "He's not unattractive" sort of acknowledges that to find someone attractive you should probably find him attractive--but you don't, though you recognize it's wholly possible others would.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-51688930296526742202012-02-14T13:15:50.834-05:002012-02-14T13:15:50.834-05:00I've found myself recently (and not consciousl...I've found myself recently (and not consciously) saying the double negative "not unattractive" for certain members of the opposite sex that I'm not "attracted" to, yet are still pleasing to look at.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691308888556907397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-40700398005640847502011-03-24T17:14:59.777-04:002011-03-24T17:14:59.777-04:00I work as a copy editor so I spend a good deal of ...I work as a copy editor so I spend a good deal of my time thinking about words and their exact meaning--it's interesting to note the particular ways in which words are used versus what their roots mean versus what the dictionary says. Certainly "attractive" isn't always used in this manner, but I do find that when women are referring to themselves or other women it does take on this sort of coded meaning.Autumn Whitefield-Madranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379314479257695986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5689865906513225949.post-23378472861742795352011-03-22T20:02:47.479-04:002011-03-22T20:02:47.479-04:00There is a distinction in the two words, but I con...There is a distinction in the two words, but I confess I've never quite thought about it like this before. I will begin to pay better attention now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com