Monday, November 22, 2010

Frumpy

This is an actual word in the English language. But it deserves the right to be here.

Date of origin: Original year: 1746; the more contemporary date: about 3 weeks ago. Hachi heard it in a teacher's lounge by K.P. to describe a certain event.

The story: K.P. was describing an event that took place just outside of her door when two students (of which she has no recollection of said that women who get married look... frumpy, wearing trousers and a cardigan as their daily dress. Of course, K.P. is married AND wearing a cardigan at the time of this occurance. This conversation originally started when the students described her (K.P.) as an attractive woman who doesn't "look married." She just had to ask the question of "what married women look like."

Definition: Unfashionable, drowdy, not-fabulous, drab.

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