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Posted: 2/8/2008 9:15:21 PM | Yep. I just bet that the first words out of St. Pete's mouth as you arrive are: "And were you classy? Nope? Well, git on along wit you then. . . . "
And I soooooooooooooooooooooo wanted to be classy
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Posted: 2/8/2008 9:18:57 PM |
If you have to say you are, you probably aren't - if you were you wouldn't worry who knew about it.
This is true in the real physical world, but not in the internet dating world.
How else are you supposed to describe yourself without describing yourself?? | |
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Posted: 2/8/2008 9:41:47 PM | I think a person can describe himself/herself without saying "I'm intelligent", "I'm classy" or whatever. For example, if you say you like equestrian events and wine-tasting (or whatever), people are going to get a pretty good idea of who you are without the self-descriptors. If you say you're a Mensa member or that you designed and built your own home, that sounds better than "I'm smart", "I'm capable", etc.
To each their own, but IMO anyone (on a profile or real life) who needs to build themselves up with a string of adjectives is just blowing smoke. | |
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Posted: 2/8/2008 9:52:40 PM | Yes, a "string" of adjectives is inappropriate and arrogant sounding.
An adjective or two now and then is good and effective communication. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 12:11:23 AM |
It is absolutely impossible to discuss the meaning of "classy" with anyone wearing a rainbow speedo.
Not to mention wearing a mohair sweater to the beach! lol | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 1:47:41 AM | I can think of some "empty" descriptive words:
"pretty" - means something vaguely postive about appearance in the writer's opinion;
"nice" - means something vaguely positive about something in the writer's opinion;
"classy" - means something vaguely positive about class--presumably socio-economic class--in the writer's opinion.
Therein lies the problem with that last empty descriptive word for me: it's about socio-economic class. I am an American, land of old Abe Lincoln! This goes against my basic political ethos!
I had some older aunts who used to insult people by describing them as "common." Commoners? As in not of the House of Lords? Not aristocratic?
I think of my first learning when studying the German language that a doctor's wife is addressed as "Frau Doctor." And I'm thinking, well, what the hell did SHE do to deserve such a distinction from other folks besides lay in the doctor's bed and hook him into marrying her?
I think of the caste system in India where you literally wear your caste designation on your forehead! And, of course the poor SOB's in the lowest caste are known as "Untouchables"! What did they do to be so despised?
I went back today and reread parts of G. Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion." Many know it better in the musical version called, "My Fair Lady." Charming play! But wasn't the wise old Shaw's comment simply that a common "guttersnipe" (now there's a lovely word, no?) can be passed off as a Duchess with just a few months' training in speech and manners?
Although I don't call myself a Christian I admire many of the ideals: wasn't one of the big ones that Jesus associated himself with the "lesser" classes?
Ah, and now I think of the president of France's new bride, Carla Bruni! Now there's a "classy lady" for you cough cough: stunning physical beauty, having been a supermodel with earnings of 7-1/2 million dollars a year; born an heiress to the vast Pirelli tire fortune; product of an exclusive private education in Switzerland; and the paramour of countless jet-setting men around the world including Mick Jagger, whose marriage to Jerry Hall she helped to end, saying that it's not her problem if a wife doesn't know how to keep her husband satisfied. Her child was fathered by a professor whose marriage she also ruined - his devastated former wife wrote a novel about it. And when Carla got tired of the professor, like Eric Clapton and countless others, she dumped him, too. Is Carla Bruni "classy"? She's certainly well-educated and of the super-beautiful, super-rich and super-privileged class. And there she'll be sitting at state dinners, looking glamorous and triumphant, undoubtably using all the proper silverware in all the right order in all the capitals of the world beside her latest conquest, the President of France. She has said, by the way, that she 'has enjoyed brief periods of monogamy in her life' but she 'prefers polyandry and polyamoury.' Well, who am I to decide that such a "classy" woman needs to lead a boring life?
Sorry, this guttersnipe is not impressed! | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 1:49:22 AM | | CR u El, Sydney, cRuEl . . . . | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 2:31:24 AM | Akidemiklly speeking; classy refers to having/being of a certain higher socio-economic class. Nothing more, nothing less.
My Sociology prof had a heyday with us on this one and I will never forget him for it! Nor abuse the word myself. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 5:08:34 AM |
Being that classy means to be elegant and stylish I don't see anything wrong with attribute that to oneself if that's indeed what you are.
If a woman always make sure she dresses well, have her hair in order, nice nails, speak in an elegant manner without a fisherman's wife's vocabulary then why shouldn't she be able to call herself classy?
I wonder if you would feel the same way if the person said she is a stylish person?
See, that's what I have a problem with. Anyone can "be " elegant and stylish. All it takes is good acting skills and a little bit of money to buy nice clothes, hair and fingernails. I don't think stylish and classy are the same thing, not at all. You can buy elegance and style. You can't buy grace and class.
The classiest lady I know always wears full length jeans and no shoes but she's always busy making pottery or remodeling her house or making coffee for a guest. One day she found a mouse in her house and caught it in a box and let it loose in her garden where she grows veggies and spices. When a guy is around it's almost like not playing fair.
Now, that's more like it. That's not something you can buy. THAT is who you ARE.
I'd never describe myself as classy. I know women that are and I adore them, but that's not me. I CAN, however, be a "class act" at times. Sometimes, for a heartbeat or three, I can even pull off "Lady".
But I like fart jokes and potty humour too much. And I use the eff word among friends. And I laugh when people hurt themselves. And sometimes I imagine hurting them myself. And among close friends I belch very loudly while drinking carbonated beverages (I don't like them to turn to farts) and I have been known to sing loudly and off key late into the night with my mom.
*Shrugs*
That's what I choose for myself. I blend when I have to.
Nothing more.
Amen Herding Cats. Couldn't say it better myself. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 9:46:01 AM |
And, of course the poor SOB's in the lowest caste are known as "Untouchables"!
Actually, no one calls them "Untouchables" anymore. They are mostly called "Dalits", and they aren't universally kept down at the very bottom as the media likes to portray. Just like in the U.S., the truth is somewhat different than the media portrayal. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 11:57:02 PM | ^^^^^ That's good to know about the Dalits, Spitfire. Thanks.
As for the U.S. reality, most of us know that 'money talks and bullsh!t walks', too. | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 12:12:56 AM | "Classy" has always conjured up the only lady in the trailer park who doesn't go to the grocery store with curlers in her hair.
It just seems to me a pretty useless word, a word that wouldn't mean anything to anyone whom it truly described. Ya know? | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 2:22:43 AM | | speaking of masks herding cats,lord have mercy,what is up with that pic?I thought it was a pic of a dead person at first glance and still thinking that at second glance.ok what was the question again?nevermind ok now I have 2 images to delete from memory geezs | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 2:55:04 AM | | And there ya go. Cats is probably the truly classiest lady here. Geezs, rly. | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 9:39:57 AM | Here are descriptions from Urban Dictionary..
I see classy has all sorts of definitions according to who you are...I guess it's all relative. Ahhh...the English language..!
The "ups" and "downs" are votors who agreed or disagreed.
This is a quote, mind you. Not authored by me....(love the last one).
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1. classy 76 up, 12 down
An adjective
1) meaning very stylish and elegant.
2) not crude or misgusting or dirty or depressing
2) a deeper, more meaningful word for 'cool'
That Bar and Gril was surprisingly classy.
2. classy 103 up, 51 down
Ghettofied adjective from the late 70’s & 80’s that somehow became socially acceptable with predominately middle & upper class homogenized White Americans, especially during the last few years. The biggest mistake connected with the use of this term is that it should never be used to describe oneself. Those who use it to describe themselves never are.
Excuse me, I am a classy lady! Maybe I please have a paper bag & a straw!
3. classy 47 up, 14 down
1. prestigious
2. high quality
3. elegant or stylish
Who needs those classy restaurants when you can get a good meal at Boston Market?
4. classy 24 up, 8 down
fancy, respectable and lovely.
Aumie is quite classy and lovely
5. classy 15 up, 3 down
An experience worthy of the term "classy" is rare, but it is possible to stumble upon one, regularly. Most often classy is used in the instance of a situation or description of something that has not yet been robbed of it's purity; of it's innocence. For the word classy can only describe something that escapes the cruelties of exploitation. Redheads used to be classy, until they were of course, dubbed "gingers."
"Unicorns are classy."
"Jesus is classy."
"soooooooooooo classy."
6. classy 19 up, 11 down
1. swanky
2. respectable and elegant
California, unlike Colorado, is a classy state
7. classy 13 up, 8 down
term used to motivate drunk girls into behaving properly when at a party. things that would deem a girl unclassy include hooking up with multiple guys in a night, stumbling or falling down, vommiting anywhere other than in a toilet, or losing items of clothing throughout the night.
Friend #1: Katie, keep it classy!
Friend #2: Don't worry, Katie, this only my third time making out tonight, and the first shouldn't count cuz it was a girl!
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Posted: 2/10/2008 3:20:59 PM | Maybe these women are discribing the way that friends and family have discribed them.
Come on you truly want to pick on a woman with class? You'd know within a few moments of meeting her if she truly had class or not... right? | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 3:22:49 PM |
Class is like chivalry — It's who you are, not the mask you wear to make an impression.
HC had it right ladies and gentlemen. Real class is all about the inner not the outer. It has nothing to do with your bling, your car, the street you live on, the impressive personal library you own, or the antiques you collect... I have met people with a lot more class in third world countries than I have in the most luxurious of situations, and I have been very privileged to have experienced both.
Class can NEVER be purchased. Class is manners, respect and the thoughtful consideration of other people...
Classy is how OTHERS refer to you ....... | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 6:39:03 PM | | I think women put this in their profile because they are self confident. Men are fantastic at self promotion. I think it's fine for women to describe themselves in this way. Men can look at a picture and understand what they see. All the rest they need spelled out. | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 7:37:57 PM |
CR u El, Sydney, cRuEl . . . .
..but fair... lol | |
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| Classy?
Posted: 2/11/2008 10:56:17 AM | | When I see "classy" along with pictures of high-maintenance princesses or drama queens I know the exact opposite is actually true. The true meaning of classy might be better stated watching an old Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly or Sopia Loren movie. Or for that matter, Cary Grant, James Stewart or Roger Moore. There's a certain elegance, confidence and modesty associated. | |
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Posted: 2/11/2008 1:46:28 PM | When someone actually describes themselves as 'classy', then you can bet your boots they have none.
What it means, is that they have expensive tastes, and you'll be footing the bill. You'd better not show up in motor-grease stained jeans, and McDonald's is certainly out of the question. | |
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Posted: 2/11/2008 10:01:03 PM | Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren...yes...they all radiate class.
Would you meet them wearing grease-stained clothes and take them to MacDonalds?
I would say most men on here wouldn't.
If you are the kind of woman that men feel comfortable wearing grease-stained clothes to meet and then take you to MacDonalds for coffee (that you buy), then, by all means, let them know that in your profile. That is internet dating. We all want to know who we are hitting on, e-mailing, or replying to. Give us a picture of you inside and out in words.
P.S. there are some men who still love a woman who radiates class. Some even like high maintenance women! How about that one? There is always someone for everyone! | |
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Posted: 2/11/2008 10:53:05 PM |
P.S. there are some men who still love a woman who radiates class. Some even like high maintenance women! How about that one? There is always someone for everyone!
Exactly. Like cars. Some tail lights (or other parts) are more expensive to replace when they wear out than others. Some take a "lickin" and keep on "tickin".
High maintenance doesn't equal class. It equals consumerism.
I'm a Jeep but I recognize that some will want the shiny BMW that never gets dirty :)
Jeeps are classic, but not particularly "classy". | |
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Posted: 2/11/2008 11:27:13 PM | I don't know...Classy is.... as Classy does...
Good or bad ...I've been called classy...most of my life...what ever it means.... | |
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