We Need a New Word...
Nov. 1st, 2007 08:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamesq... Though neutral might work.
When there's someone you know and you have a complete absense of like for them, what do you call that? Dislike is too strong - I mean, you don't have anything against the person. They seem nice, you just don't feel any particular desire to get to know them any better. They exist in your sphere of aquaintences but if they vanished tomorrow you wouldn't consider it a great lose. Years later you might ask "Whatever happened to so-and-so?"
It seems a little harsh to describe someone in your social sphere like this, but I'm sure we could all think of someone like that. Hell, to someone out there, we're that person.
Note: If you have a Livejournal account and you're reading this, I'm not writing about you.
When there's someone you know and you have a complete absense of like for them, what do you call that? Dislike is too strong - I mean, you don't have anything against the person. They seem nice, you just don't feel any particular desire to get to know them any better. They exist in your sphere of aquaintences but if they vanished tomorrow you wouldn't consider it a great lose. Years later you might ask "Whatever happened to so-and-so?"
It seems a little harsh to describe someone in your social sphere like this, but I'm sure we could all think of someone like that. Hell, to someone out there, we're that person.
Note: If you have a Livejournal account and you're reading this, I'm not writing about you.
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Date: 2007-11-01 03:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-01 03:39 pm (UTC)If you were to disappear I would wonder what happened, but probably nothing more then that since you only have (from my perspective) a virtual existence. Unlike the other person though, I would like to get to know you better.
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Date: 2007-11-01 09:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-01 10:22 pm (UTC)They are an acquaintance.
OOoh... Make up words time!
Date: 2007-11-02 01:41 am (UTC)Ambivatral. The total lack of feelings for someone, so much so that you are unsure if you would miss them, unless they owed you money and needed to buy an ice cream, turned around, and "hey, they aren't there anymore."
Not to be confused with casual clumsy sex partners you don't want to piss off lest they steal your ipod when you are struggling not to notice them in a crowd of people.
Re: OOoh... Make up words time!
Date: 2007-11-02 01:41 am (UTC)