BLUSHING, n. [SIC] A trick formerly in great favor with women, but now fallen into disuse as a lost art, though by laborious practice the modern damsel is still able to achieve it at the risk of being taken in hand and treated for apoplexy.
2007 Update: ger. Under the visible influence of truth or plague. Unelectable. Unpromotable. Incurable.
33 comments:
*blushing* i'm sure i will be when teh Penguin sees i'm first!
according to that naked philosopher, Diogenes, blushing is the color of virtue. personally, i think that's a lie from the pits of hell, but then, what do i know?
nice update, by the way.
blushing: I'm actually second
blushing: makes my face looked as if it's been at bed mites--possible cause of roscea(sic, Doug)
Ooooh! Blushing! 'Tis an act, and a very necessary one at that, without which bohemians could not *blushetty blush* DAS FO SHO!
You sic'em dawg! Nice update.
Blushing: To prettify one's cheeks. I think butt polishing counts.
lol butt polishing. heh. but seriously, "disuse"? Not as long as I have MAC brush 116 and Nars Orgasm Um, lift that mind out of the gutter, buddy. It's a shade of power, I mean powder. xoxo
Blushing: Rather than an intentional use of trickery, to me it is a fierce power one has no control over. A red flag defeating any arguement to the contrary of one's true emotions.
blushing -- the body's way of acknowledging stupidity despite the desires of the mind supposedly controlling it.
i can't blush, it doesn't show. but i can simper and pout and flutter my eyelashes. does that count?
zbhptac: zebra hyperventilates after eating tic-tac
I blush. Damn fair skin.
Blushing: tempered shades of ooooh's, awwww's, aieeee's and/or d'oh!'s dancing cheek-to-cheek.
Neva, she'll be black and white and you'll be red all over? What do you know? Probably not the color of virtue, I'm thinking.
Pia, your rosacea, in turn, is caused by overblushing.
Riiiiiiiiiiight, hermana. I didn't just get here, you know.
TLP, if that doesn't count nothing does.
Lalalalalala, Mireille! I can't hear you! xoxo
Me too, Mutha. This dawg blushes.
Right, Quilly, the print you leave after putting your foot in your mouth.
Karma, that totally counts.
Jenna, I own a copy of one of your books. However fair your skin may be, your heart is to dark to blush.
Neva, that was a good one.
Did it make you blush, Doug?
Mutha, "A red flag defeating any arguement to the contrary of one's true emotions." is exactly what it is to me, too! but at least we ARE considered women of virtue regardless of what we do. *grinning*
How did I already know that about you Doug?
Ariel: It's the Irish in me I think.
how is it that I made up that joke about the "blushing Penguin", yet YOU'RE the one who manages to use it to the best effect? D'OH! (color me maroon)
Jenna, it sure did, but not as much as getting your email that read "Happy reading!" just as I reached the third page and the first adult scene. I've mentioned, I think, that my sister is named Jenna.
Ariel, careful your grin doesn't undo the blush.
Lucky guess, Mutha.
Neva, in Australia there's a saying "the first liar never has a chance." It's like that with smart alecks, too.
Mark Twain has an interesting opinion about blushing...
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to."
Why do you think I keep this lampshade on?!
Blushing: What we say of brides out of flattery, but isn't really true until the honeymoon shows up on videotape, DVD, or YouTube.
Mushroom - funny!
Blushing Bride. In reality, the bride is not blushing. She is too dang hot in that garb she's wearing and is about to faint.
blush,n. the cameleon of humiliation, anger or an immoral proposal
Immoral proposal? I prefer to call it "adventurous".
Blushing makes me think of the time Amber got teased by a group of fellow students. One person eventually pointed out, that when Amber turns red, that means STOP.
Sar, that's one of my favorite Twain quotes, and I have a lot of favorite Twain quotes.
G, what could you possible have to embarrassed about? Really. What?
Hahaha, Mushroom. Love today is entirely modern but not as new as it used to be.
Actually, Jamie Dawn, she's succumbing to the drugged rum. Oh, don't be shocked, how do you think she got the groom to the altar?
Minka, I guess the human chameleon reacts to the colors it imagines.
Funny, Morgan. And poor little Grenlytia.
Blushing, pp. Mistaking a present participle for a gerund, esp. when announced with great flourish.
(With my humble apologies to our gracious host)
I blush when I see your picture avator
Blushing: The most apparent symptom of showing up at Waking Ambrose late with a definition, the others being vomiting and oily anal discharge.
(Oops, gotta go...)
Well done, a4g. You're a man of letters. What's the difference?
Icy, it's the floppy brown ears and short hair, isn't it?
Al, it's actually the least apparent symptom of showing up on any website.
Thank you, Actonbell. I flunked grammar, actually.
I can not tell a lie without doing so.
I'm blushing as I've been very late recently but hope to make up for it soon.
Last! ;)
Actually, I'm here to get a good spot in line for the WA Wednesday Surprise Casserole.
Of course a surprise casserole being a recipe created on the spot, comprised of a lil this & that, occassionally with delicious results.
Cooper, I don't know what the world has come to when a smart young woman can receive a college degree without learning to lie unreddened. Tragic.
And sometimes, Sar, it comes out fallen, chewy and blue.
sometimes more accurate than lie detector machine.
I blush after a nice glass of red. (really, I can't even watch advertisments on tv without blushing....) Nice Twain quote Sar. Icy, awe :-)
Doug, here here.
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