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Hear me out.

I am a 25 year old, college educated adult human who reads a moderate amount. I'd ballpark a lifetime average of about a book a month.

That being said, I have an honest and sad lack of condfidence on what the hell a grimace is. It seems like every book I read, especially in the fantasy genre, has at least one scene where a character "grimaces" at another. And it makes me hit a road block every single drat time. Without fail, i get pulled out of the story because as I am unconsciously picturing the scene I am reading in my head, my stupid brain runs into a computer-like runtime error at not being able to picture the face a character is supposed to be making.

Sure, i've made attempts to look up the definition. But even that has borne my uncreative ,video game-addled brain-tree any fruit. In fact, it just leaves me with more questions; like, what the hell was McDonalds thinking with that purple blob mascot?

Google tells me that a grimace is;

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust, pain, or wry amusement.

disgust

or

amusement

Ok. Great thanks for clearing that up. It goes onto give the glaringly unhelpful usage in the following example;

"I sipped the coffee and grimaced"

Ok, now they're just screwing with me. I know people who love coffee, and I know people who hate it. More context plz.

So, anyway. Is it just me? Is their any hope of me learning the intricate uses of the word? Anyone have any tips and tricks to increase my own comprehension...i'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys, go Giants!

VendaGoat posted:

VendaGoat posted:

gently caress the ROW posted:

IM GRIMACING RIGHT NOW

VendaGoat posted:

VendaGoat posted:

Fog Tripper posted:

The Grimace posted:

it's me

I'm a grimace

Sir John Feelgood posted:

This is how you say, "Hey, what's a grimace?"