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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: That's nice, dear. #71396 05/26/02 08:13 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park ooh Connie! one of my favorite words! Nice bit of business that is, what's happened to the meaning of nice! Nice used to mean nasty! it comes from the latin nescius--ignorant.. and over time came to mean-->foolish-->shy-->factidious-->refined--> and from there to minutely accurate (nice distinction) and pleasant or agreeable! Did you watch Frontier house? in the past, when keeping clean, and just getting what you needed to get through the day took so much effort, life was a dull and deary grind.. something special.. some keep for nice (refine pleasure!) as a treat, not to be squandered! Nice piece of work this is! actually, i find the word insipid, and try to avoid it. not with total success. Make nice is a perfect example.. to me it means fake pleasantness for the sake of decorum.. Yes, you sister is being a absolute horror, and the bridesmaid dresses make you look like a parody of pretty, but its her wedding, so make nice! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted That's nice, dear. consuelo 05/26/02 07:12 PM Re: That's nice, dear. of troy 05/26/02 08:13 PM . Max Quordlepleen 05/26/02 08:22 PM Re: That's nice, dear. of troy 05/26/02 08:35 PM . Max Quordlepleen 05/26/02 08:40 PM Re: That's nice, dear. belMarduk 05/26/02 09:33 PM Re: That's nice, dear. of troy 05/26/02 09:45 PM Post deleted by Jackie KeivaCarpal 05/26/02 11:32 PM Re: That's nice, dear. Wordwind 05/27/02 01:37 AM Post deleted by SilkMuse SilkMuse 05/27/02 10:20 PM Re: That's nice, dear. tsuwm 05/28/02 02:05 AM Re: That's nice, dear. WhitmanO'Neill 05/28/02 02:24 AM Re: That's nice, dear. Faldage 05/28/02 03:40 PM Re: That's nice, dear. Hyla 05/28/02 09:15 PM Making Nice Father Steve 05/28/02 02:46 AM Re: Making Nice tsuwm 05/28/02 04:35 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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