Archive for June, 2009
It’s Complicated
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Though lacking the universality of “Duh!” and “Awesome,” the phrase “It’s complicated,” has established itself firmly in the vernacular. It might be considered non-communicative, as in “ducking the question.” But that’s not entirely true, because the nature of the response conveys quite a lot. If “It’s complicated”—or similar phrases—are part of your lexicon, you might want to consider how it sounds to others and what it says about you.