tomato, potato...

Or...bleary, blurry, or bright-eyed?


I often get made fun of [mainly by one person, *ahem*TIM*ahem*] for saying dumb things, probably because I forget to think before I speak. I like to think that I'm just so excited to impart wisdom and wit that my mouth jumps ahead of my thoughts and spews out a cacophany of words...and that they are so above everyone's knowledge that no one understands.


Case in point:
Sunday, July 17, 2011


I say the sentence, "My eyes are all bleary." Meaning, of course, that they were unfocused and felt a little like sandpaper.
Oh MAN did that set off a rampage of corrections! 
"Bleary? What's bleary? Don't you mean blurry? Bleary isn't a word." 
[I do have to admit that I said, "NO, Bleary...like bleary-eyed and bushy-tailed." 
Which Tim so kindly reminded me, "What an IDIOT! It's BRIGHT-eyed and bushy-tailed." 
Turns to Ryan and Karla, "She aaalways is saying dumb things."]


~however~
back to my original point, my eyes were, in fact, bleary. 


Evidence (from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bleary):

blear·y

   [bleer-ee]  Show IPA

–adjective, blear·i·er, blear·i·est.

1.

(of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep orweariness.

2.

indistinct; unclear: The day begins with a bleary view ofone's world.

3.

fatigued; worn-out.

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