Word for being used to surprises
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Bakkerbaard
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Technically that works, but it doesn't do what I need it to.
It's like when you have to go up in a crane to fix a high voltage cable on your first day, and the veteran you're with is talking about sandwiches because he's licked so many cables with 20,000 volts already.
I see...... you need a word that's a little more electrifying! It will shock you when you find it!
chill
chilled
cool
adulterated
hardened
seasoned
schooled
disenchanted
soured
And then I give up.
Bakkerbaard
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I think my sentence structure was just getting in the way.
"Blasé" is the word I'm looking for, but it doesn't work in the sentence provided in the original post.
Or maybe a nice synonym of it, but I can look that up myself. Thanks everybody.
"Blasé" is the word I'm looking for, but it doesn't work in the sentence provided in the original post.
Or maybe a nice synonym of it, but I can look that up myself. Thanks everybody.
Watt are you suggesting, Selluwud? I'd say that Baakerbeard's electrician is more om-niscient than that.
My terrible jokes aside, "unflappable" sounds like the best option. It gives me the mental picture of someone like Daria folding her arms and glaring. Something like this:
Daria fan art
Unflappable, yes. It's what I would use, and I'm a stickler for precise sense.Watt are you suggesting, Selluwud? I'd say that Baakerbeard's electrician is more om-niscient than that.
My terrible jokes aside, "unflappable" sounds like the best option. It gives me the mental picture of someone like Daria folding her arms and glaring. Something like this:
Daria fan art
Blasé is not about surprises. It's about all of life, a sort of uncharmable ennui. If someone is blasé about something in particular, it means they should react with enjoyment but do not.
Bakkerbaard
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Was a bit afraid to click that link because the last time I saw Daria it was in a Rule 34 context.
According to Merriam-Webster it means "apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment."
That seems quite like what I need.
A person should be impressed to be sent by the current Devil to rescue God with the help of a wolf who sold his soul, right? Or is that just me? It definitely isn't the daughter, who's had aforementioned Devil visit on several birthdays, may be God's god daughter (though that'll prolly get cut), and knew the wolf when he was still a guy. Also, she has played my universe's equivalent of Warcraft with her uncle and actual Jesus.
She's a little blasé, at least.
Also, I'm not sure how to use unflappable in a sentence without it sounding like a compliment.
Rather than a vain pursuit of a word that clearly doesn't exist, turn your phrase round a bit to get the intonation you want.
What occurs to me is:
Yeah, but it's chicken dinner to you. You grew up with this.
I hasten to add it need not be chicken dinner. Maybe beef stew or some kind of sushi, depending on their dietary preferences. You could go radical and leave food out of it.
Yeah, it's just Sunday at the mall to you. You grew up with this.
Then there's: humdrum, ho-hum, so passé, and on and on with words that don't strike you as the one you were looking for...
What occurs to me is:
or
Yeah, but it's chicken dinner to you. You grew up with this.
I hasten to add it need not be chicken dinner. Maybe beef stew or some kind of sushi, depending on their dietary preferences. You could go radical and leave food out of it.
Yeah, it's just Sunday at the mall to you. You grew up with this.
Then there's: humdrum, ho-hum, so passé, and on and on with words that don't strike you as the one you were looking for...
No need to worry. I don't link to pictures like that. (Ugh. I've no idea why some people feel the need to draw those kinds of pictures).
Besides, I like Daria (the show), even if Daria herself can be judgmental and unlikeable sometimes.
Anyway, "unflappable" gets my vote.
