I say  "I am a teetotal man!"

What do I prefer?
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Anything ... but alcohol.

Teetotal
Abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
To desist, refrain, abstain and choose not to consume as in; "I abstain from alcohol"
"No liquor for me. I happen to be teetotal"

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Peregrination

<per-ra-grin-nate-shun>

 

Noun

A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.

´His peregrination abroad.´ Bacon.

Verb

To journey from place to place, especially on foot.

 

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 He is a craven person.

There is a loud noise.

You run...
... ... What does he do?

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Probably runs faster than you.
Craven means cowardly,
So he is more afraid than you.

 

Craven

Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.

´His craven heart.´ Shak. “
"The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott.”
“In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macaulay.”
A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.
“King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath? Fluellen. He is a craven and a villain else. Shak.”
Syn. — Coward; poltroon; dastard.

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Feckless


I say your painting is feckless
So... you add more flecks to it.
Did you improve it or am I too fickle?

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You did not improve it. Feckless means lacking purpose or careless...

... adding more flecks did not help...
..... since a fleck is a small mark or dot.


Feckless
1. Lacking purpose or vitality;  feeble or ineffective.
2. Careless and irresponsible.


Fleck
1. A tiny mark or spot: flecks of mica in the rock.
2. A small bit or flake.

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Trite


You say  "Two wrongs don't make a right."

I say  "That's trite."

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Not really.   I just said that what you said is an over-used and uninteresting expression.


Trite:
Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as a trite remark; a trite subject.

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I tell you... "The secret to success is to attenuate the positive."

You look down and see my shoes are azure.

Why do you confidently tell me I am wrong?
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Attenuate means to make thinner or smaller...
... it should have been accentuate... not attenuate.
... azure means - a baby blue color

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