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[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Special has become an overused word.

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[lawyerlarry.livejournal.com]

But I am special.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Everyone is. Fails to get the point across.

[lawyerlarry.livejournal.com]

But I'm a special kind of special, so that negates the whole thing. ::grin::

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Either that or you're over-overused.

[lawyerlarry.livejournal.com]

Hmm...how would I know?

[high-warden.livejournal.com]

I take it, that's a word you hear a lot?

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Yes. Word stops making sense if it starts applying to everything. Mutually exclusive.

[high-warden.livejournal.com]

Very true, words should be kept true to their meaning. Or else they loose something.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

And then they annoy.

[high-warden.livejournal.com]

You seem to be annoyed by a few things, Detective Kirmni.

[hornrimmed.livejournal.com]

But sometimes it's the only one that's apt.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Like when?

[hornrimmed.livejournal.com]

Like when you're describing someone whose talents are unmistakably quite above the norm.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

You could still roll with gifted. But yeah, I do see your point. I never said the word should be banned or anything. Just that it's used way too much in too many different connotations until it starts sounding like an empty cliche.

[hornrimmed.livejournal.com]

Gifted does work, true. There's something about special, though, that just makes it sound that much more accomplished.

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

Don't you know, Kirmani? Everyone's special, even you.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

I'd rather be unique.

[lieu-murphy.livejournal.com]

See, now you're just using a synonym.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Not really, they do have different connotations.

According to the dictionary someone or something that is special is better or more important than other people or things. It can also mean different from normal.

Something that is unique is the only one of its kind.

[magicians-son.livejournal.com]

But, Kirmani, don't you know that I always think of you as a special kind of friend.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

I rest my case then, Dresden.

[vivo-per-ardua.livejournal.com]

It is not a word I use often. But that could be because I am a foreigner to the language.

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

What's the Italian word?

[vivo-per-ardua.livejournal.com]

Speciale. Not much different, but-- *laughs*

[det-skeptic.livejournal.com]

Nice. I like the sound of it. *smiles*

Aḵẖaṣ.

(ooc: Mun so totally googled and won't be held responsible for any mistakes on Sid's behalf. Meh. XD)