HewRon@aol.com wrote:
>
> Ouch! I have always thought of "pill" as an endearing term when used for a
> person. And I have always used it that way. Something made me look it up in
> the dictionary and voila! the definition given is "tiresome", which is
> definitely not what I meant. When I think of the people I must have offended
> over the years! Though I haven't used it that often. I thought "a perfect
> pill" meant someone who was cute and cuddly. Maybe thought transference made
> me think about the note I sent a few minutes ago and made me wonder about the
> word "pill". Oh goodness, and to think I basically had my career in words and
> their meanings! I even looked up "pill" in the Oxford English English
> dictionary, thinking I must have got the idea from my youth in England. Nope.
> It's not there either.
>
> Forgive me, you couple of angels. I think I need a pill.
>
> -- Ron
Oh Ron...you're such a cuddly little pill! Tiresome...never!
John
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