#connotation

The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts. ↗

— John Russell

#camp #connotation #intern #name #native

Sensitive," I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy." "Creative." "Dangerously emo." "Thoughtful." "Feng shui." I laughed so hard I snorted. "How do you get feng shui out of 'thoughtful'?" "You know, because in feng shui, you arrange furniture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways." Sam shrugged. "To make you calm. Zenlike. Or something. I'm not one hundred percent sure how it all works, besides the thoughtful part. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#humor #word-association #humor

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture. ↗

— Dario Fo

#connotations #culture #i #i see #ideology

It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying to be on the Fed. And remember, it doesn't pay very well, certainly by Republican standards. ↗

— Alice Rivlin

#big #campaign #certainly #connotations #contributors

I don't know of many evangelicals who want to deny gay couples their legal rights. However, most of us don't want to call it marriage, because we think that word has religious connotations, and we're not ready to see it used in ways that offend us. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#call #connotations #couples #deny #evangelicals

I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#connotations #creative #i #i think #mind