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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is there a word for this? #219256 11/21/14 03:53 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1 S Storymom OP stranger OP Storymom stranger S Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1 I feel like there is one...just can't get my tongue around it. Is there a word for being impressed with something but at the same time feeling pained/finding it a pain in the butt by that same thing? I was feeling this in line at Disneyland thinking how ingenious was their queuing system (did not see how freaking long it was until you were so committed, you couldn't walk out after being there for 20 minutes already). I wanted to congratulate the person who engineered that, but at the same time, wanted to punch him/her in the face. I couldn't think of that word. A friend said "conflicted". I don't think 'conflicted' quite captured it. I truly was very impressed with how they did it. In all my years of going to amusement parks, I think Disney has been the only ones who do it this well. Too well. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? Storymom #219297 11/24/14 09:37 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass it does sound to me as though you were conflicted; but maybe you were just feeling ambivalent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? Storymom #219319 11/26/14 06:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland paradoxical admiration ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Is there a word for this? Storymom #220866 04/19/15 03:50 AM Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 C Cowboy_Monkey newbie Cowboy_Monkey newbie C Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 You suffer from the Bamboozle-Conundrum-Trichotomy. A pain inflicted by businesses with deep pockets. Commonly referred to as Conboozomy in the legal world. Better call Saul before you hurt someone. Not saying it can't be done, just much tougher to sue and win if you beat Micky Mouse up, and then claim self-defense during temporary insanity. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,809 Members9,187 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Karin, JeffMackwood, artguitar, Jim_W, Rdbuffalo 9,187 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 419 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,851 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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