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smart? well mannered? reserved?
I'm deciding if that concept is a worthy one to become, or if avoiding it is better for the type of work I do. |
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Sophisticated:
Knowledgeable and cultured Advanced, complex and up-to-date |
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Your profile says
Profession: learning So, of course go for it. |
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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] Show IPA
–adjective 1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music. 3. deceptive; misleading. 4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system. 5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now. |
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I say be an uncultured louse . Thats what quality women are lookin for
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Edited by
JasmineInglewood
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Sat 05/02/09 07:38 PM
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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] Show IPA –adjective 1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music. 3. deceptive; misleading. 4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system. 5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now. what the hell is it with dictionaries which re-use the SAME word that you are looking up in the definition 
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Someone called me that once...I believe it was in conjunction with the word "yuppie." I was insulted by both because BELIEVE me they were (and remain) untrue!
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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] Show IPA –adjective 1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music. 3. deceptive; misleading. 4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system. 5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now. what the hell is it with dictionaries which re-use the SAME word that you are looking up in the definition  American one's...
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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] Show IPA –adjective 1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music. 3. deceptive; misleading. 4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system. 5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now. what the hell is it with dictionaries which re-use the SAME word that you are looking up in the definition American one's...  but of course
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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] Show IPA –adjective 1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music. 3. deceptive; misleading. 4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system. 5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now. what the hell is it with dictionaries which re-use the SAME word that you are looking up in the definition American one's... but of course They say we have the hardest language to learn and that is why.. I don't know if it's different in the UK, I'd think not so much so... Personally, I learned it rather easily it's other languages that I'm having trouble with...
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I say be an uncultured louse . Thats what quality women are lookin for They certainly aren't looking for a guy who can spell and who knows how and when to use an apostrophe. |
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I say be an uncultured louse . Thats what quality women are lookin for They certainly aren't looking for a guy who can spell and who knows how and when to use an apostrophe. that's so not true.. but then again the one's that want the good men usually aren't wanted by the good men... then we get the comments as such... |
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I say be an uncultured louse . Thats what quality women are lookin for They certainly aren't looking for a guy who can spell and who knows how and when to use an apostrophe. Spelling is good... Apostrophe use, however, could mean he's leaving out something he feels is unimportant but you value highly. Food for thought? |
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I say be an uncultured louse . Thats what quality women are lookin for They certainly aren't looking for a guy who can spell and who knows how and when to use an apostrophe. Spelling is good... Apostrophe use, however, could mean he's leaving out something he feels is unimportant but you value highly. Food for thought? I would be highly suspicious of someone who can't use contractions! (Or possessives, for that matter.) It just drives me nuts when I see stuff like "I saw two dog's chewing on bone's in the back yard over by the tree's." |
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I say be an uncultured louse . Thats what quality women are lookin for They certainly aren't looking for a guy who can spell and who knows how and when to use an apostrophe. Spelling is good... Apostrophe use, however, could mean he's leaving out something he feels is unimportant but you value highly. Food for thought? I would be highly suspicious of someone who can't use contractions! (Or possessives, for that matter.) It just drives me nuts when I see stuff like "I saw two dog's chewing on bone's in the back yard over by the tree's." Okay, I give up! That even made my head hurt and I've been drinking... G'night Lex and all! |
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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [suh-fis-ti-key-tid] Show IPA –adjective 1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. 2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music. 3. deceptive; misleading. 4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system. 5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now. what the hell is it with dictionaries which re-use the SAME word that you are looking up in the definition When it comes after the colon: it is an example of the word being used by the definition given before the colon |
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Edited by
JasmineInglewood
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Sat 05/02/09 09:58 PM
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no. 2 before colon,
"pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates" |
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