Freewrite - Callous
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Callous
When I saw callous, my first thought went to feet. Then I double-checked myself and figured it means somebody who is untouchable - emotionally and all of that. Just to make sure, I went to the trusty dictionary - something I frequently do.
First, I thought that only I do that because I am a foreigner and am not always sure what the exact meaning of a word is. But the more I studied English, the more I found that language lovers also love dictionaries. Because you learn so much form them. And words have so many meanings - the same word.
Like callous. You can describe callous hands with this word. And it doesn't mean that the hands are mean and don't care that they are wrapped around a throat, squeezing hard and the person is getting blue in the face, sputtering, trying to beg for mercy but the calloused hands don't care.
No that is not what it means. It means they are showing that hard work has been done with them. Areas are tough, callouses have grown to protect those hands from getting hurt.
Like my forefinger on my right hand is starting to develop a callous from using the built-in mouse on my laptop so much.
Mouse is another word like that. I really like the mouse which helps me to maneuver on the computer but I don't like the mouse which is trying to eat my fruit in the kitchen. Actually, that one is dead and I was very callous about this execution.
Fun fact. When runners get a pedicure they will not allow to even have the tiniest part of their calluses removed. They would pay for that dearly at their next race.
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Language is such an interesting thing! Two homonyms that I like are "doctor" and "patient". "The patient patient witnessed the doctor doctor the document!"
It's ironic that many patients aren't patient at all ;)
Haha, too true!
Also with runners, it depends on where the callous is on their feet. The week before marathons around Antwerp are my busiest weeks as a pedicure.
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In Italian, we say "ci ho fatto il callo" (I developed a callus over it) to mean "I've got used to it"...so, being callous isn't always a bad thing.
Also, mason's hands and musician's hands are both callous, but the first are seen as ugly, the second as beautiful.
this is great!!! when I saw this prompt I knew I was going to have to look it up also :D as it's a funny kind of a word.......as my next thought was callous hands lolll Love that you wrote what I was thinking :D
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