Let's play spin the word. Without using a dictionary to parse your response, answer the following:
a.) You're an attentive parent. Which would offend you more - someone referring to your child as coddled or doted upon?
b.) You occasionally lose your cool when playing sports. Would you prefer your teammates call you competitive or intense?
c.) Your tastes in food, music, etc. are well known to people close to you and largely unchanging. Would you be more likely to refer to yourself as predictable or an open book?
Pay close attention and tell me the next time you run into a potato vs. potahto scenario similar to a-c above. I'm curious to know if the next tomato/tomahto situation you encounter is one I haven't already captured on a list I've been keeping for years. And as far as that list of mine is concerned, call me thorough or quirky - I've heard both. Just depends on who is spinning the word.
a) doted upon
ReplyDeleteb) competitive
c) open book
Anonymous; Thanks for weighing in.
DeleteGood morning, Pat. Fun little game you have here. For me:
ReplyDeletea.) Coddled
b.) I would prefer competitive, although I know I can get intense
c.) I'm an open book inmost things, but for this I believe I would be referred to as predictable.
Be well,
Bob
Bob; Thanks for joining in with anonymous on this one. Words are slippery things, right?
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