A pair of words to consider
It's been almost 3 weeks since I posted anything, and it's time. The words I've chosen to describe are INGENUOUS and DISINGENUOUS. I feel they're somewhat confusing and opposite to what a person logically would assume they mean. INGENUOUS ( not to be confused with INGENIOUS) means frank and open and somewhat naive, whereas DISINGENUOUS means lacking in candor or sincerity. Let's see if I can come up with a clarifying sentence:
Being ingenuous, I was a perfect patsy for the sneakiness of my disingenuous friend.
Readers/commenters are encouraged to come up with other sentences with these useful words.
posted by Grandma Barb @ 7:20 PM
4 comments
4 Comments:
Hmmm; I am disingenuously striving to be ingenuous.
BRB: Somehow, I don't think one can strive to be ingenuous; rather that one is inherently so. Those of us born to be ingenuous make up a closed society, I believe.
In that case I am ingenuously striving to be disingenuous.
There you go, BRB! Let us know when you reach that for which you've striven (strove?).
Post a Comment
<< Home