Dictionary definition:
–noun
| 1. |
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive. |
| 2. |
any of various solutions or preparations of this substance, used as an adhesive. |
| 3. |
any of various other solutions or preparations that can be used as adhesives. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. |
to join or fasten with glue. |
| 5. |
to cover or smear (something) with glue (sometimes fol. by up). |
| 6. |
to fix or attach firmly with or as if with glue; make adhere closely: to glue a model ship together. |
(Taken from Dictionary.com)
Definition I use:
A word to use when I have nothing else to say. eg. To start a conversation on msn (which annoys some of my friends ;p)
Why do I like it:
Cos I like how it -sounds- ^_^ And it’s one of those random words that everyone looks at you strangely for liking, but it’s -not- a typical “random” word like ‘cheese’ is…
More:
Why do people ever use anything else? “Glue” is an excellent greeting. “Hey” “Hi there”.. they’re all over-used… If people understand what you mean (and my friends do – they know I’m a strange person xD) then it doesn’t really matter what word you use. So why not be unique?
Besides, small talk gets boring fast unless someone adds some “weird” aspect to it. AND, if I say something like “glue” everyone’s so busy focusing on how odd I am they miss how awesome I am and therefore don’t bother me with conversation. Wow that makes me sound mean. I’m not mean just shy
lol
Glue is also a clool [I will make a blog entry about this word later] word because it can be said in lots of different ways, with different tones of voice, and mean practically anything. Actually that’s probably true of most words, but I like “glue”. I think I read somewhere that the majority of our communication is through body language, facial expression, and tone of voice… I’ve never understood that, words do a pretty good job too (like now, can’t you tell what I’m talking about?
). I miss most facial expressions because I’m too shy to spend alot of time looking at people’s faces, though I do seem to use alot of smilies, so maybe they have something there…but I mainly use them to replace tone of voice. Hmm. I think most of my communication is through tone of voice and words, to be honest. Body language is fairly irrelevant to me… Except hugs, they express lots.
So what do people think, do you communicate with body language/facial expression? Words? Or tone of voice? Comment me and tell me! Also comment me and tell me what you think of glue ;D