This is a small point, I'll keep it short.
Recently I have tried hard to refrain from using the words cute, interesting and weird in conversation. Not that I don’t use the words at all but I think it’s important to stop and think about what I mean when I use them. These three words are used casually in different contexts and sometimes it becomes a sort of substitute for further thinking.
What I mean is when someone says something is “cute” it seems to be saying a lot without saying all too much. It is as though the meaning of the word is commonly shared but I don’t think we have to take it at that set value, we can very easily make our own values in order to define a word. It’s just that sometimes “cute” comes off pretty hollow when more meaningful questions can be asked of it. After all something cute may merely mask something sinister…or less polemic maybe something telling about its context.
Instead of these words I now make myself stop and think. Why is it cute? Why is it interesting? Why is it weird? (How?)
Admittedly this happens to many other words (where meaning is lost rather than gained) but hey these three are keeping me occupied for now.
*update: here are Jarrett's words upon this topic
What a fun review~~~!!
Interesting.
Diction Nazi