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Post by cassie on Mar 17, 2012 9:53:31 GMT -5
disingenuous --- ooo, like that one. He is talking about people "blowing smoke" and complimenting him to curry favor. |
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Post by luzrnaz on Mar 17, 2012 11:00:46 GMT -5
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Post by lifeisnow2 on Mar 24, 2012 12:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by cassie on Mar 31, 2012 9:29:26 GMT -5
Copacetic
Gee, when was the last time you heard someone use that one? One of my dad's favorite words.
From this interview:
He also talks about Michael and Madonna's videos being very "sussed out."
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Post by cassie on Apr 4, 2012 14:49:20 GMT -5
Am I the only one who gets a kick out of Adam's vocabulary? This is from the interview on 4/4/12.
"symbiotic relationship" (between artist and radio announcer who was swarmed by tweets after he announced he would talk to Adam)
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 5, 2012 6:31:48 GMT -5
cassie
I get a HUGE kick with his vocabulary and I'm VERY impressed not only because it's a rare thing but also because the majority of the words he uses are Greek! :D
asphyxiation metaphorical catharsis dichotomy symbiotic microcosm hedonist
esoteric epiphany
and so many others!
These words are so familiar to me of course and I noticed that many US people don't know the meaning, I see often people on twitter asking about these greek words that Adam uses, so I guess they're not common words in the English vocabulary?
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Post by cassie on Apr 5, 2012 10:10:08 GMT -5
bipolar
promiscuous
From
banshee --- from Adam tweet
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Post by lifeisnow2 on Apr 5, 2012 10:31:22 GMT -5
Adam used the word "conceptualize" in one of his recent interviews. Of course, I can't find it again. I'll have to spend some time looking for it...maybe Portland, OR. Anyway, I wanted to get it down.
Question? What were the influences in Adam's life that gave him his sizable vocabulary?
His parents?
English classes in school?
Studying for SATs (I doubt it)?
Reading?
song lyrics and musicals?
It is probably a combination of things but it is amazing or should I say Adamazing how he can use words accurately.
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Post by happy on Apr 5, 2012 11:27:38 GMT -5
Hi Cassie, I love Adam talking too -- even when he's answering the same old questions. Just like his ability to make his songs a bit different each time, he always manages to make his interviews interesting. He has a large vocabulary -- we know he reads books! -- but also he has listened to a lot of diverse music over the years and in those lyrics are many words and he seems to have soaked them all in.
I made a note the other day March 14 on 107.5 part 1, after he sang Cukoo. He talked about "embracing how crazy I really am. Celebrating your lunacy. Is that a word? Enjoying being a nutbag." I thought it was cute that he questioned his use of the word lunacy.
ps I see that LifeisNow2 already mentioned influences. I totally agree.
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Post by happy on Apr 5, 2012 13:54:16 GMT -5
I'm techie deficient and don't know how to link to interviews, but there was an interview with Sean Valentine 4/04/12. The question was about scented candles. Adam explained that he is not into Yankee Candles. He said "I'm a little bougie with my candles. I like them to smell a little bit more sophisticated." Bougie=slang for bourgeois
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