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Word of the Day: Turn-off
A turn-off is something that makes you uninterested in something or someone.
They say a good picture is worth a thousand words, so I included this picture to explain what today’s word means.
Rotten food could be a real turn-off for some people.
Once they see it, they are not in the mood to eat for a while.
For me, a noisy restaurant is a big turn-off.
I enjoy eating with some beautiful background music, but not to the level where I cannot have a conversation without raising my voice.
Regarding people, each of us has something that is a real turn-off for us.
Remember the sitcom Friends?
Chandler had a girlfriend named Janice, right?
Remember her laugh?
That was a real turn-off for many people, too.
I mean, OH…MY…GOD!
If you’re unfamiliar with her laugh, you should check it out. Click here.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 84.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.