Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Geez. What a day.

na·iveness n.

Synonyms: naive, simple, ingenuous, unsophisticated, natural, unaffected, guileless, artlessThese adjectives mean free from guile, cunning, or sham. Naive sometimes connotes a credulity that impedes effective functioning in a practical world: “this naive simple creature, with his straightforward and friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances” (Arnold Bennett). Simple stresses absence of complexity, artifice, pretentiousness, or dissimulation: “Those of highest worth and breeding are most simple in manner and attire” (Francis Parkman). “Among simple people she had the reputation of being a prodigy of information” (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Ingenuous denotes childlike directness, simplicity, and innocence; it connotes an inability to mask one's feelings: an ingenuous admission of responsibility. Unsophisticated indicates absence of worldliness: the astonishment of unsophisticated tourists at the tall buildings. Natural stresses spontaneity that is the result of freedom from self-consciousness or inhibitions: “When Kavanagh was present, Alice was happy, but embarrassed; Cecelia, joyous and natural” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). Unaffected implies sincerity and lack of affectation: “With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works” (Jane Austen). Guileless signifies absence of insidious or treacherous cunning: a guileless, disarming look. Artless stresses absence of plan or purpose and suggests unconcern for or lack of awareness of the reaction produced in others: a child of artless grace and simple goodness.

You know what? If this is truely what naiveness means then I am truely naive. Help me God.

And I need urgent therapy.

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:58 PM

    naive might be a bit of an understatement for you.. this one fits you perfectly...

    Buffoon
    The term Buffoon is a somewhat derogatory yet amusing term for a humourous character who provides his amusement principally through stupidity rather than talent. The term clown is sometimes incorrectly used, although this more usually refers to professional entertainers who provide that sort of act for a living. A Buffoon is, "A ridiculous but nevertheless amusing person".
    The term is often used to upbraid naughty school children, e.g. "Stop that Tisshaw - you Buffoon".

    A person can become a Buffoon either through natural disorganisation and/or clumsiness, or by attempting to gain attention through humour but failing to pull it off. An individual may also choose to become a Buffoon in order to gain a unique place in a social group, although this is generally a last resort.

    touche..

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  2. There is really only one character will do this. I know who visits dictionary dot com. You so bad, you probably had to spend half a day there to understand what u just cut and pasted you moron.

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  3. Anonymous1:23 PM

    lit.lol!

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  4. Anonymous1:39 PM

    Abso-fvckin-lutely!

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  5. Anonymous2:13 PM

    pixie...

    Wow... papa bear that article was on of a kind....

    kinda agree with it a lil' ( speaking in general - nothing related to you )... suit a friend fo mine... emmm hehehehehheh siapa makan chili?

    Common at least that person took the effort to check d dictionary rite....

    hehehehehehhehe

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