https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 05 May 2026 08:18:00 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199344 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:04:09 +0000 Katiepea 199344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Phew Angie!</p> <p>I was starting to think that all I'd be able to say on here was something like:</p> <p>Wow, X. You look _________ in that ___________ . I_________ the way you _________ ! ;-)</p> <p>PS - Miss BethW I have to take you to task on that comment about sexiness - my hubby is a statistician and he is *very* sexy to me! &lt;tee-hee&gt; (Oh, ok, I admit it, when I have trouble sleeping I say to him "tell me about work honey" and I can guarantee I'm sleepy within about two minutes. Still, if anyone could make it sexy, he could!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199326 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:06:06 +0000 marianna 199326@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic post. I quite like the word tacky. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199162 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:51:07 +0000 Tara 199162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:-) Well said! I love this forum. In the words of Aretha Franklin, R-E-S-P-E-C-T, different perspectives are what makes the world go round as long as there's tolerance and respect!</p> <p>;-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199119 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:41:56 +0000 Beth 199119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All I can say is math is NOT sexy, with statistics the least sexy of all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199118 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:40:11 +0000 Mac 199118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>: ) Rosie - in one of my past jobs, people would always say things like, "This is a very sexy idea," or "That was a very sexy presentation..." and it never, ever had anything to do with sexual or even gender issues. It always made me smile (especially since no one else seemed to think it was in the least bit unusual or funny) and definitely if I had ever been inclined to dislike the word sexy, that job would have changed my mind. I wonder if your math professor made you feel the same way about that word. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199107 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:30:17 +0000 Beth 199107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Eek, I was paying attention to the entertainment of the topic so that it hadn't even occurred to me that others might be feeling they had to rethink their words. Thanks for pointing it out~ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199104 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:29:36 +0000 Rosie 199104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mac, my Calc 2 professor in college used to say that. If only I remember what that "sexy solution" was...cannot possibly remember math from my freshman year! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199098 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:26:18 +0000 Mac 199098@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, Angie - that's a very sexy solution : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199086 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:56:53 +0000 Michelle 199086@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Medusa, you just got me to leave work on a laugh! Thank you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199083 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:45:23 +0000 morethanbeige 199083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this group! Medusa, you are hilarious. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199065 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:06:58 +0000 Sveta 199065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Angie, so nice of you! Being a not-native English speaker I felt as on the mine field with this word sensitivity. Thanks for rescuing me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199059 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:00:24 +0000 Queen Mum 199059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL Medusa-- you crack me up. Rest assured I would be the queen of censored words. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199058 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:55:36 +0000 medusa 199058@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, you're really causing problems for me. I've been hard at work on some special software for the forum that would screen for forbidden words like [CENSORED], [CENSORED], and [CENSORED] and replace them with a simple indication that they've been censored. In addition, there would be an additional member badge of shame that would be "earned" by anyone who uses more than 5 forbidden words in 30 days - this badge would appear as a red circle with a slash through it over the profile picture of that member. I was really looking forward to a warm reception for this wonderful new software! Now what am I going to do? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199056 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:43:06 +0000 Queen Mum 199056@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>you're the best... I took the "tacky" post and others like it in good clean fun but I know that it does make people wonder what is okay to say and what isn't.<br /> Life is too short to stress </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199044 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:05:29 +0000 Cookie 199044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Posts like this are what make the YLF Forum the best I have participated in! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199034 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:54:20 +0000 Louise 199034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Words have different meanings in different cultures so I think it's best not to get too bogged down and assume best intent x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199017 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:35:56 +0000 Sihaya 199017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, thank you for this. This makes so much sense that I have to break for a snack and some in the moment pop of humor! You are so classy and beautiful and in your usual style have made an important point that is neither tacky not cute-sy. OK now that I've joined on this trendy bandwagon, thank you for putting up with my cheap sentences here </p> <p>Seriously though, makes me a lot less worried about over thinking my responses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199014 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:32:12 +0000 taylor 199014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>good call!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199009 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:29:21 +0000 Lisa 199009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whew! Thank goodness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199004 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:23:04 +0000 RoseandJoan 199004@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I echo Boof, the English language is so colourful and vibrant, one persons ick word makes another person giggle, but please ban the word scab *kidding*. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199003 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:22:29 +0000 Debbie 199003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie I appreciate the effort that you put in to make this a great place for all of us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-199000 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:20:31 +0000 Boof 199000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I'm so glad that you're not tacky. I'll go have a snack rather than get my sexy panties in a bunch.</p> <p>What a dull world it would be if we didn't have all of these colorful words! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198993 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:15:32 +0000 Sparky 198993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Reading all those words in a row made me giggle.</p> <p>Angie, I appreciate how you make this such a tolerant and respectful forum. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198992 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:12:25 +0000 Claudia 198992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YLF: A word discrimination free zone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198983 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:59:59 +0000 Michelle 198983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cheers to that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198978 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:57:20 +0000 Rosie 198978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, I love you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198977 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:55:51 +0000 bj1111 198977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>what a classy comment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198972 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:50:43 +0000 PalmFronds 198972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You made me smile with that comment Angie.<br /> We are adults indeed, we can act like it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/no-more-word-sensitive-apoplexies#post-198970 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:46:31 +0000 Angie 198970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I absolutely want us to remain tactful and respectful when we do not agree. 100%! As you know, all perspectives are welcome but there is zero tolerance for rudeness on YLF. </p> <p>I really don’t want us to get our knickers in a knot about everybody’s word sensitivities. There are FAR too many and that thought alone makes things really stressful. This is a supportive, effective and upbeat community. No need to complicate matters by walking on egg shells. By all means use the descriptive words and expressions that you are used to using. Feel free to use words like tacky, sexy, crotch, pop of colour, snack, cute, trendy, cheap, classy, beautiful – and the rest of it. I hope that makes everyone feel better!</p> <p>Angie<br /> xoxo </p>