ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months agoYesterday, the temperature was in the 80's.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down134
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageYesterday, the temperature was in the 80's.lemmy.worldParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoJust so you know, according the Chambers English dictionary, it is.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoYeah, I mean, I looked it up after I posted the comment, but my shock then was from my inability to find a suitable synonym or other expression to replace it. Oh well.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoallure, charm, beauty, attraction, attractiveness, fascination, pleasingness, interestingness, glamor, charmingness, engagingness, seductiveness You’re right, none of these really fit Isn’t English wonderfully stupid 😂
Just so you know, according the Chambers English dictionary, it is.
Yeah, I mean, I looked it up after I posted the comment, but my shock then was from my inability to find a suitable synonym or other expression to replace it. Oh well.
allure, charm, beauty, attraction, attractiveness, fascination, pleasingness, interestingness, glamor, charmingness, engagingness, seductiveness
You’re right, none of these really fit
Isn’t English wonderfully stupid 😂