THE C.U.T.E. CONFESSION
HEY!
Before I start on the subject of this entry, I must announce a PUBLIC APOLOGY to all those who witnessed my HIGH moment on 3rd March 2007. Oh well, when one is feeling EXTREMELY happy, she may just be a little overboard with others. So, I am SORRY!
OKAY. There have been suspicions that I may be faking the persona I am with others. The REAL TRUTH is: the ones whom I am very close to, are the people who are the priviledged lot to witness the UNPOLISHED human being that I am. One of the signs that you are amongst the priviledged lot is that you have seen the ADORABLY yet SICKENINGLY CUTE me. HAHA!
I have researched the definition of the word and here are the few explanations of the word that I think suits ME:
1) [From WordNet]
The adjective cute has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
Meaning #2: obviously contrived to charm
2) [From Answers.com]
WORD HISTORY
Cute is a good example of how a shortened form of a word can take on a life of its own, developing a sense that dissociates it from the longer word from which it was derived. Cute was originally a shortened form of acute in the sense “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd.” In this sense cute is first recorded in a dictionary published in 1731. Probably cute came to be used as a term of approbation for things demonstrating acuteness, and so it went on to develop its own sense of “pretty, fetching,” first recorded with reference to “gals” in 1838.
3) [Adapted from Wikipedia]
Cuteness is a delicate and attractive kind of beauty commonly associated with youth, innocence, and helplessness.
Infantile personality traits, such as playfulness, fragility, helplessness, innocence, affectionate behavior and a need to be nurtured are also generally considered cute.
Alright. Sighs! How could a possibly more mature human being like me confess to having "infantile personality traits"?
Foremost, EVERY HUMAN is IMPERFECT. So, a mature person may not technically be devoid of certain immature behaviour.
Next, being mature is a responsibility in itself. In a sense, it is a burden imposed by society for one to behave practically and rationally. Displaying cute forms of behaviour can be said as an escape from reality.
Lastly, cuteness is something that I naturally possess until I became aware of the terms "prejudice" and "discrimination". Even CUTENESS was something I did not know applied to my character till I was "kindly informed" in the year 2001.
ARGHH! It feels SO weird confessing to being ME. Anyway, if the cute factor in me is really DISTURBING, I don't mind being more solemn and reserved in future. Still, I cannot guarantee that cuteness will not be one of my personality traits.
Before I start on the subject of this entry, I must announce a PUBLIC APOLOGY to all those who witnessed my HIGH moment on 3rd March 2007. Oh well, when one is feeling EXTREMELY happy, she may just be a little overboard with others. So, I am SORRY!
OKAY. There have been suspicions that I may be faking the persona I am with others. The REAL TRUTH is: the ones whom I am very close to, are the people who are the priviledged lot to witness the UNPOLISHED human being that I am. One of the signs that you are amongst the priviledged lot is that you have seen the ADORABLY yet SICKENINGLY CUTE me. HAHA!
I have researched the definition of the word and here are the few explanations of the word that I think suits ME:
1) [From WordNet]
The adjective cute has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
Meaning #2: obviously contrived to charm
2) [From Answers.com]
WORD HISTORY
Cute is a good example of how a shortened form of a word can take on a life of its own, developing a sense that dissociates it from the longer word from which it was derived. Cute was originally a shortened form of acute in the sense “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd.” In this sense cute is first recorded in a dictionary published in 1731. Probably cute came to be used as a term of approbation for things demonstrating acuteness, and so it went on to develop its own sense of “pretty, fetching,” first recorded with reference to “gals” in 1838.
3) [Adapted from Wikipedia]
Cuteness is a delicate and attractive kind of beauty commonly associated with youth, innocence, and helplessness.
Infantile personality traits, such as playfulness, fragility, helplessness, innocence, affectionate behavior and a need to be nurtured are also generally considered cute.
Alright. Sighs! How could a possibly more mature human being like me confess to having "infantile personality traits"?
Foremost, EVERY HUMAN is IMPERFECT. So, a mature person may not technically be devoid of certain immature behaviour.
Next, being mature is a responsibility in itself. In a sense, it is a burden imposed by society for one to behave practically and rationally. Displaying cute forms of behaviour can be said as an escape from reality.
Lastly, cuteness is something that I naturally possess until I became aware of the terms "prejudice" and "discrimination". Even CUTENESS was something I did not know applied to my character till I was "kindly informed" in the year 2001.
ARGHH! It feels SO weird confessing to being ME. Anyway, if the cute factor in me is really DISTURBING, I don't mind being more solemn and reserved in future. Still, I cannot guarantee that cuteness will not be one of my personality traits.
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