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feisty = showing courage?

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oristarA
 
Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 12:47 am

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Clue to kids’ early aging disease found
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Her name was Meg, 23, featherweight and feisty.

Standing 3 feet tall, Meg didn’t look like her peers. Bald and skinny, her body was aging rapidly because she had a rare genetic disease called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. People with progeria wrinkle and develop the same circulation and joint ailments as the elderly — except most of them die by age 13. Progeria affects 200-250 children worldwide, but research into the disease could offer clues on cellular function and how it affects human aging and other age-related diseases.

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wayne
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 03:44 am
@oristarA,
Yes, you could say that feisty means showing courage.
A feisty person does not let themselves be pushed around.
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McTag
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 01:42 pm
@oristarA,

Spirited, courageous, a forceful personality
izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 01:48 pm
@McTag,
It's also more often applied to females than males.
PUNKEY
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 02:48 pm
@izzythepush,
Say, what??
izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 02:57 pm
@PUNKEY,
You would describe a girl as feisty, but not so much a boy.
wayne
 
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Reply Tue 5 Jul, 2011 07:36 pm
@izzythepush,
Boys tend to be ornery.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 6 Jul, 2011 01:51 am
@wayne,
I'd agree with that.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 6 Jul, 2011 09:50 am
@wayne,
wayne wrote:

Boys tend to be ornery.


Ornery tends to mean "quick to take offense." While feisty means a positive mood.

Thank you all guys.
wayne
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 01:18 am
@oristarA,
Don't be quick to define these 2 words so closely.
Feisty and ornery are both descriptive of personalities, and can be defined over a broad range.
An ornery boy might be quick to take offense, or he might be a practical joker, or simply strong willed.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 01:43 am
@wayne,
Or he could be fairly non descript with a speech impediment.
wayne
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 02:04 am
@izzythepush,
Oh, I get it LOL
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 02:24 am
@wayne,
You've got one of those deceptive avatars. In miniature I always see a whale crashing out of the sea. Is it a stork or heron?
wayne
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 02:41 am
@izzythepush,
It's a pterodactle edit Pterodactyl
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 03:00 am
@wayne,

"Ornery" and "offense" are American words, not usually seen outside that lingustically-challenged country. Wink
wayne
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 03:09 am
@McTag,
That's interesting.
The Pittsburg Steelers offensive line is American too.
They're pretty Ornery too.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jul, 2011 08:25 am
@wayne,
Thank's for putting me straight on the pterodactyl. Your Sports teams are so similar sounding I wouldn't know whether the Steelers played basketball, baseball or gridiron.
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