March 13, 2010
Cringe
verb
1 she cringed as he bellowed in her ear: cower, shrink, recoil, shy away,flinch, blench, draw back; shake, tremble, quiver, quail, quake.
2 it makes me cringe when I think of it: wince, shudder, squirm, feel embarrassed, feel mortified.
The second entry is our focus today. None of those other words seem to properly convey what cringe does so succinctly. (Mortification is a good one as well, but it doesn’t have the same physical connotation as cringe.)
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March 12, 2010
We have a very limited amount of spoons in the house. Why do I not go out and purchase additional spoons? This one’s not chalked up to being lazy… it’s more that when I’m at Target I’m in a happy place, not thinking about bad things at home like my Least Favorite Household Chore List.
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