The "C" words

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When I was quite a bit younger man and when I tried to face the fact that we were all getting older --I came up with a little self-amusement but not quite comedy routine. Maybe it fits in here somewhere?

It's based on the number of English Words beginning with a "C" that describe old men or 'elderly gentlemen'.

  • Coot
  • Codger
  • Curmudgeon
  • Cantankerous
  • Crusty
  • Cadaverous
  • Carbonated
  • Cavernous
  • Chalky or Challenging
  • Creepy
  • Chapped & Chafed
  • Checkered and/or Cheesy
  • Childish
  • Clever, Chunky and/or Classic
  • Colloquial
  • Contrived
  • Contrary & Contentious
  • Cunning

There's more too. The challenge is to move away from the descriptors that carry negative connotations and toward the more positive ones.

Classy, charming, concerned, constant, confident, communicative, convincing, corney, cute & cuddly.

~Sparrow
(I like "coot" and aspire to be one some day, although I don't know what it is, really)
 
Yes, those words too, but and just as a reminder, with the possible exception of "coot," this is not about me.

(please?)

:toofunny
 
OH! what have I done??? :screwloose

Quick, unsubscribe from this --your self-esteem is at risk.

Or just learn to take things with a thicker skin? No, duck and hide is the better course: :poke :scared
 
carbuncle
complex
comedic
cranky, crass & creative
 
kiwidan said:
Can we use another letter now?. Most of the 'C's are taken.
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You pick. "K" maybe? I like the old man topic. We could switch to "k" in your honor, yes?

To recap - I really like the "C" words that I've memorized (at the start of the list):

  • Coot
  • Codger
  • Curmudgeon
  • Cantankerous
  • Crusty

Then comes the "come-over-able" one that a friend suggests. Right? Crotchety works well there too! I picked the best ones out because I've thought about this for years. Back in the day (when I was in my mid-twenties) I entered a restaurant (a Denny's) and heard a waitress address one of her customers as "Mr. Terrible". It was her pet name for the grumpy old man whom she served. That name put a little smile on his face and she told me later that he was one of her regulars and, she confided in a conspiratorial tone, one of her biggest tippers too.

When she called him that, the bright and cheery tone of her voice came ringing through, and it put a little smile on my face too.

Oh! ♪... Hi, Mr. Terrible! ♫

I can almost imagine the conversation that lead up to that.
 
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Re: The "K" words

It's your turn, keelless Kiwidan! Keep kosher, ya knucklehead.

Klutzy, knackered, kind, knocked-up? Uh-oh. ;)
 
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