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March 2nd, 2011 | 600 Entries

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600 Entries for “specific”

  1. Ich hab hier was. Das passt. So richtig. Aber nicht zu dir und nicht zu ihm und auch nicht zu ihr. Zu keinem von euch. Nur zu mir. Aber so richtig.

    by Pim on 03.02.2011
  2. intricate, detailed,
    too much information at times, and even slightly inappropriate
    annoying people are always too specific and don’t understand sarcasm, they like everything to be literal and cant understand figurative language
    Specific details can help with investigations.

    by Franka on 03.02.2011
  3. To the point. The thing your thinking of always. It’s something different to each of us. It’s on the tip of your tongue and it has to be perfect. We’re all Type-A sometime, and that sometime is now.

    by Abigail Kotlarz on 03.02.2011
  4. I know that being specific can be very, very helpful, but generally, I find it too limiting. When outside of the world of science and math, what’s the point? I suppose it’s also important while describing emotions, but when else?

  5. could be when you explaining something or whenever you;re saying that someone have a unique personality. You could say that they way you can know them is by their specific personality. OR when talking about a way an artist works, in the way their work have a specific look to it.

    by Gemmy on 03.02.2011
  6. I can’t get too specific or is it specific enough? Summary is not one of my strong points, perhaps because I can’t see the forest for the trees.

  7. Realistically, one can only be ‘too specific’ while being specific. When being specific, one only allows one, absolute answer. What’s more specific than that?

    by Laula on 03.02.2011
  8. our Ukrainian life, when you don’t know what will be tomorrow or even through 5 minutes. it’s absolutely different from way of living of other countries (Germany, for example). Our culture as well.

    by Olga on 03.02.2011
  9. When I think of specific I think of absolute, and I don’t think I necessarily like that. I mean, I know that sometimes you need specifically one things, but in general, that limits a person. Why not be open? it’s not realistic that only thing will do.

    by Laula on 03.02.2011
  10. Generalities glisten with such hope,
    full of endless nooks to dance within.
    running into specifics,
    the quiet truth appears as an insulting warning.
    let’s keep it all abstract.

  11. I fiddled with my hands, my eyes dodging around the room. Four police officers sat across from me on the other side of the cold aluminum table; one was smoking, two lounging, one with his head in his hands. The last lifted his head at me and gave me another exasperated high-eyebrow look. I gave a small smile. He sighed. “One more time, kid, what happened? What did you see?”. I opened my mouth, and the words flew out. “Well, I was walking down the beige- grey?- no, beige sidewalk when I looked up (the sky was pretty grey that day so I stared at it for a while) and then I kept walking, and looked at…” he cut in, “That’s enough! Now tell me, SPECIFICALLY, what did you see of the murder?”

    by Lea on 03.02.2011
  12. be specific look carefully at the detail. Dont say nice say sensational. Look carefully

    by sandy on 03.02.2011
  13. i can’t be specific enough in my writing. it is just too natural (or perhaps too easy) to be vague, wishy-washy, abstract. i depend on others to fill in what i dont (or cant) say explicitly myself, i suppose…

  14. Straight to the point. Something guys aren’t. Knowing exact;y. Explained perfectly. How we should all be. Obvious.

  15. I am guilty of being unspecific when speaking about my relationship, because I find specificity makes things harder. Men are more likely to respond to specifics than to vague references of what you are unhappy about.

    by Maianna on 03.02.2011
  16. People need to learn how to be more specific when they ask for something otherwise they set themselves up for disappointment. Its quite annoying when they bitch.

    by Allison on 03.02.2011
  17. the sweater had brown buttons with brown thread going through the four holes. looped in and out and through the maroon wool. specificccccccccccccc

  18. I couldn’t stand waiting any longer. Sitting around in the office while the killer was still having his fun was too much. I was about to grab my coat, run outside, and find something to do about anything, when McBarn walked in, with the same eager but horrified look he had had on his face this morning. I jumped up and grabbed the letter from his hands before he could say anything. There, in perfect times new roman, was the next note. “To the Worker Bees- Dead at 2:37. Lattitude 99, Longitude 32. Three docks from the left. Yellow boat. Strangled. Marian Lang. -Till next time, Kafka.” It was the same as all the last letters. Oddly perfect. Always exact. Too specific.

  19. specific is sometimes pronounced pacific
    ask me sometimes my tongue gets confused and says pacific for specific
    who would have thought
    747 moments i guess

  20. specific are the things in life that you really want. you need to have a passion and that you need to know thoroughly. Not only do you need to know what your passion is, but you need to know yourself. The most important thing is to know yourself. Nothing else. Then you can go from there and grow as a person.

    by JessK on 03.02.2011
  21. whe was walkiing around yesterday i saw a specific kind of fruit on a tree i was wondering what it was

    by sahar on 03.02.2011
  22. i am currently trying to think of a specific kind of website to make for my website production class. i have a general idea: music, sports, or movies.. but cannot think of anything specific and it is killing me.

  23. To write about the word specific requires very precise wording. No extra words, but say exactly what you mean. It reflects it’s meaning in the way it’s spelled. Hard consonants, no softness at all. I

  24. There are specific times and specific places for things. It sounds a lot like special sometimes, but it is not special when someone specifically uses a specification against you, especially if it is untrue.

    by Michael Olivier on 03.02.2011
  25. I dont reallt think I like the word specific. It’s too defined, to contricting and way too full of order. I like to be free and chose what ever damn thing I like and so what if it’s not specifically what’s best for me? Let me make my mistakes and learn from them and let me chose what’s wrong for me.

    by Meghan on 03.02.2011
  26. the most specific order always was teh easiest to fulfill. He dreaded the vague, the open-ended orders, where he could never get it quite right because, although the client truly believed she would be satisfied with oh anything –

    by Hallgerd on 03.02.2011
  27. I don’t like this word at all. Not one little bit, feels like a soldier, or a headmaster who sneaks up on a 7 year old shy girl and yells BOO! Hate it.

  28. oh. i prefer to be general to being specific. specific sometimes makes me nervous. it is so much easier for me to think general. free flowing. open minded. expectant. loving. yes. i love being as general as i can. even with specifics. :)

  29. I wanted to be more specific. Wanted to shout out from the rooftops what was coming. The only problem was, I did not know yet myself. I had only this sick foreboding feeling and the dread slithering down my spine.

  30. Specifically, I want everything. I don’t think that’s very vague. Okay, I’ll clarify. I want everything that I already have and everything that I don’t have. I want to be me and everyone else too. I want to know everything that I know and everything I don’t.

    by Erin on 03.02.2011
  31. Specific. What is there to say? It is the word that tells us that we need to focus, concentrate, and not just blabber on about anything. Unfortunately, this word is no fun. None at all. Why can’t I go off on a tangent? Nothing stops me from doing so except for this dumb word. Die, “specific,” DIE!

    by Sarah on 03.02.2011
  32. She had to be specific to get her friend attention. It didn’t work! she had tried every thing that she knew to do. So she talked to her teacher and she got it right.

    by Anna on 03.02.2011
  33. My teachers always give specific instructions. You have to give specific instructions if you want things done right. My mom always tells me to be specific when I’m explaining something. Why. Why. Why

  34. Clearly defined or identified!!! I can’t say this word!!!

  35. Specific means you know exactly what some one is talking about. There is no misunderstanding about anything. You when what where who and why something is going on.

  36. i must have the specifics. if you wish to hear anything other than “uhhh…” you will ask me a specific question. not do you like flowers, but do you like chrysanthemums. not do you like music, but do you like florence and the machine. yes and yes. i want to know the date, time, place, and what will happen.

  37. Clearly defined or identified.

  38. Specific is a good word people should use more often. Just think what if a person was trying to explain where they lived, they would just say in Linden basically. I would get upset if they did, so I would want them to say okay turn on Pearce Ln. and once you get to the end of the road thats my house, its much easier.

  39. How many times do you have to ask your parents because they are like “You didn’t do it right” “What?” “What did I just tell you to do!” “I don’t know because YOU WON’T TELL ME!”

  40. being specific doesn’t necessarily have to be good. some things just can’t be fully explained by being specific.

    by panda on 03.02.2011