arrogant know-all,
blunt, overconfident, good at something I’m bad at, won’t do what I want, gives
a straight no
bigot Someone who disagrees with me. Someone who objects to
bigots.
boring Men worry that having
children will make them “boring” – this is code for “can’t go out and
get drunk
with other men”. Guardian Nov 09
competitive beats me at Scrabble
complex character contradictory, with many bad sides
dapper, urbane applied to a man,
means “old”
deep secretive, mendacious
diminutive a short person you
like
down to earth insufferably gross
eccentric, erratic completely barking
elegant applied to a woman, means “old”
feisty only used of women, like sassy. Code for uppity,
ballbreaker, frightening, aggressive, too independent, confrontational
hearty Boy-Scouty, Woodcraft Folky. Forced jollity fuelled only
by tea and orange squash. A bit like worthy.
hypersensitive disagrees with me,
fights back when bullied, easily dismissed, lacks a posse of frightening
supporters
manipulative gets her own way too
often
mercurial rude, bad-tempered
open showing
emotions
openness
and honesty are very important in relationships everybody lies all the time
opinionated disagrees
with me
outspoken abusive,
teller of painful truths, blunt (Word thesaurus says: “very frank or
straightforward and showing no delicacy or consideration” – ie no tap dancing
around the subject, no diplomacy, no “Up to a point, Lord Copper”)
shallow only interested in
boys, money, drink, sex, pop music, TV, having fun. Also rather dim. What
people used to call superficial. Merriam-Webster: “SHALLOW is more generally derogatory in
implying lack of depth in knowledge, reasoning, emotions, or character.” Seems to mean “judging people on looks alone”.
she's her own woman she's
single, poor dear
spontaneous taking the initiative.
Doesn’t mean acting without foresight or hindsight
