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in reply to a message by Ash
I agree with two of your three adjectives. I usually describe it as dowdy, but I do agree that it is also clunky and harsh sounding. It's not dated, though. It's popular now, and that's the antonym of dated.
It always makes me think of a short, very plain, middle-aged woman with frizzy, unruly mousy brown hair, who wears glasses and orthopedic shoes. That's where the "dowdy" comes in. This in spite of the fact that I have an adorable little five-year-old auburn-haired great-niece named Charlotte. The only other Charlotte I've ever known was a very thin androgynous-looking young woman. Yet the orthopedic-shoe-wearing woman always pops up when I hear the name Charlotte.
It always makes me think of a short, very plain, middle-aged woman with frizzy, unruly mousy brown hair, who wears glasses and orthopedic shoes. That's where the "dowdy" comes in. This in spite of the fact that I have an adorable little five-year-old auburn-haired great-niece named Charlotte. The only other Charlotte I've ever known was a very thin androgynous-looking young woman. Yet the orthopedic-shoe-wearing woman always pops up when I hear the name Charlotte.
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