Egad...this conversation makes me think how terribly immature I am for my age!

I will say to a coworker "How cute is that skirt?"

However, I'm not phony...if I didn't like the skirt I would keep my mouth shut.

So I guess what I'm saying is that "cute" is one of those overused words that has lost meaning because people apply it to so many things.

Then again, I have a philosophy on curse words that may be related to this conversation. OK, just because someone decided that a certain series of letters constitute a "bad" word doesn't make the word itself "bad." The emotion it is supposed to evoke may indeed be bad, but the word itself is not. Therefore, I could look someone straight in the eye and say "You happy flower face parental love child" and while it doesn't sound particularly mean if I mean it to be mean then it is. Because someone a long time ago thought that using the word "fuckhead" in that statement is what would make it a bad statement has no bearing on the emotion I am feeling as I say the less innocuous statement.

Having said that, "cute" can just be a formation of letters that we use when we are trying to provide a compliment, or an idea of loveliness..it's just verbal convention that leads us to use cute instead of some more illuminating and aesthetic verbage.

(What the hell did I just say up there? Never mind, I'm just talking out of my ass.) :muse:

Immature? Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. I've no idea what I was on about when I started this. Anyway, I'm concerned about something else today and it's really, really bothering me: Woody Allen and Scarlett Johanssan. Now, why would their relationship bother me to the degree that it has? Gads.

this is cute

Haha, the car was running for over six hours. I was diligently working my ass off, not even clued in to the fact that the car was just idling away. I didn't have a cell phone at the time, and by the time I realized my keys were locked in the car, I couldn't get back into work. Luckily, I only live about a block away from where I work, so I was able to walk home and cry to my fiance. I can't remember why we decided against AAA. No money, maybe? Yes, we're that poor. Thanks can be given to a college education for that one. Anyway, we ended up calling my parents (who live a good 45 minutes away) to come rescue me. While we were waiting for them, my fiance and I walked back to my car and had a little picnic in the rock pit that we call a parking lot behind the building. That's cute, right?!

The reason God makes puppies and babies so cute....is so you don't kill them!
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And you drive to work?

If I had a bike, I'd ride it. However, when it's 100+ degrees outside, you just can't find the willpower to walk that block. And since I work in a restaurant, that means I'm on my feet and moving and going the whole time, usually for a good 4-6 hours. After that, I'm doing good to drag my feet to my car.

What happened to Soon-Lee or whatever her name was? I had no idea! Maybe Scarlett wants to replace Mariel Hemingway in the remake of Manhattan?

Soon Yi is not amused.

But she can't be surprised, can she?

THIS is cute.

Wait, I mean it's not "cute," it's something else entirely. Adorable maybe? Can you really say you're immune to this cuteness, Bri? :)

Is that minifob?

That's an adorable monkey! :)

Yep!

precious! adorable and oh, oh so cute!

I think cute, the good kind of cute WAS meant for all kinds of babys!

a very darling minifob