My New Year's Resolution... - Democratic Underground

regnaD kciN

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Thu Jan-01-09 11:14 AM
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My New Year's Resolution...

...is to stop describing photos as "stunning" (unless they literally jump up and hit me between the eyes, rendering me unconscious).

Seriously, it's a cheap phrase. If I like something, I need to communicate more clearly just what it is I like about it. "Stunning" isn't a helpful critique. And, looking back, I've been using it far too often.

Anyone else want to join me on this? (I'm not saying anyone else has overused the term, just that I think it might be time for a moratorium.)

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mth44sc

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Thu Jan-01-09 11:57 AM
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1. I think that is a stunning idea

:evilgrin:

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Thu Jan-01-09 12:01 PM
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2. wow stunning capture

I loathe capture as a synonym for photograph

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jhain

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Thu Jan-01-09 01:10 PM
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3. I am stunned.

What if I take a stunning photo? Who will tell me so!??

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regnaD kciN

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Thu Jan-01-09 01:14 PM
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4. You'll know...

...when you get the personal injury attorneys serving you with papers on behalf of all the viewers who have been stunned by your photos, and are now demanding compensatory and punitive damages.

:rofl:

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jhain

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Thu Jan-01-09 01:19 PM
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5. Snort

I'm sure they are lining up in the driveway as I type as I took a ton of stunning photos at a wedding last night.

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Tindalos

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Thu Jan-01-09 01:23 PM
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6. Beautiful

... is a word I use far too often. It's not very helpful and I should try harder. I don't know enough to give helpful critiques but I do appreciate it from others.

This may help:

stunning
Synonyms: beauteous, bonny, brilliant, comely, dazzling, devastating, excellent, fair, famous, fine, first-class*, first-rate*, gorgeous, great, handsome, heavenly, impressive, lovely, number one, out of this world, pretty, ravishing, remarkable, royal, sensational, smashing, spectacular, striking, superior, top, wonderful

Antonyms: homely, ugly

beautiful
Synonyms: admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful

Antonyms: disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive

I'm leaning towards pulchritudinous. What do you think?
~Tin

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Mz Pip

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Thu Jan-01-09 02:49 PM
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7. I think if someone

described on of my photos as pulchritudinous I'd be hurt. :cry: I would not believe it was positive. I often get thse advanced SAT vocabulary words wrong.

Learn something new everyday!

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Tindalos

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Thu Jan-01-09 10:18 PM
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8. It doesn't sound very complimentary does it?

More like an insult. I double checked the meaning myself.

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superconnected

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Tue Jan-06-09 07:13 PM
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12. pulchre is latin for beauty.

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JeffR

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Fri Jan-02-09 11:51 AM
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9. Stunning Anonymous!

I'm in. It's stunning how often I resort to that word.

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NashVegas

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Fri Jan-02-09 12:34 PM
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10. Oh, But It's Such a Good Word

Edited on Fri Jan-02-09 12:35 PM by Crisco

When this was first unveiled:

A local newscaster described it as "the Stunning $250000 sculpture." I suspected he didn't mean it as a compliment, because of the way he said it. (I quite like it, though.)

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superconnected

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Tue Jan-06-09 07:09 PM
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11. The problem is that there are plenty of pics here that actually are stunning.

Edited on Tue Jan-06-09 07:11 PM by superconnected

Spectacular, gorgeous, fantastic, beautiful, awing, breathtaking and splendid also keep being words that I find perfectly applicable to what I'm seeing here.

But, I will resolute to find more words to describe stunningly-beautiful-breathtaking-photos. I'm sure majestic, exquisite, glorious, splendid, sublime, radiant, superb, flawless, perfect, ravishing and eye-catching, ah heck exquisite-glorious-eye-candy, will work just as well. I resolute to try to describe what I see that I like instead of my typical dumb-struck reaction that leaves me gasping the word "stunning" when I see an incredible photo.

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