Thursday, March 27, 2008

Diplomacy




Diplomacy


di‧plo‧ma‧cy/dɪˈploʊsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[di-ploh-muh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation


noun




  1. Tact and skill in dealing with people. See Synonyms at tact.


tact/tækt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[takt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,


noun










1.


a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.












2.


a keen sense of what is appropriate, tasteful, or aesthetically pleasing; taste; discrimination.












3.


touch or the sense of touch.



[Origin: 1150–1200; < L tāctus sense of touch, equiv. to tag-, var. s. of tangere to touch + -tus suffix of v. action]




Synonyms 1. perception, sensitivity; diplomacy, poise.




I was raised on diplomacy! Growing up, I was taught to be tactful and diplomatic at all times. I’m still tactful and diplomatic. A friend once told me that I could insult someone right to their face and they wouldn’t even realize I was insulting them. She called me nice-ty.




Why am I blogging about diplomacy and tact? Well, I am damn tired of being diplomatic and tactful. It’s time for me to grow up and be rude for a change. I don’t sugarcoat things, but I do tend to have a special way of saying some things. I once dated a guy who told me that I had a way of saying, “No” without actually using the word NO. He was right. I would say, “next week, tomorrow, when such & such, or how about this instead?”




This is why I am now declaring this blog tactless, rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, brash, and boorish. Not really.



Point I'm Making: For me, life is better when I am honest and speak my mind.






Blogs of note(brutal honesty note that is):




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ohhh i hear you sister about honesty and saying it as it is... sometimes that is the only way to be.

mr. nichols said...

Kwame Kilpatrick is hip hop.
check out my post at http://reallyrealtalk.blogspot.com/2008/03/dont-worry-if-he-writes-rhymes-he.html

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