Word: pretender
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...kind of pisses us off that they’re trying to come down here and pretend like this is their home gym,” Cusworth said. “There’s no way that we were going to let them take over the atmosphere of the gym...we let our play prove that point...
...that?s part of why I liked hockey. We pretend that our interests aren?t willful choices, that they?re some intrinsic part of our personalities. But in reality, we choose our likes and dislikes to define our identities. You don?t just happen to like chocolate, horses, long walks on the beach and cuddling, and hate rude men. At some age you chose to like Led Zeppelin because it helped you fit with the group you wanted to be in, or Grand Master Flash because it made you seem quirky. And in 1980, at 9 years old, after...
...year: Di que Sí (Say I Do), in which she plays Estrella, an aspiring actress who agrees to star in a TV reality show. The rules: she has to spend a week at a beach resort with a nerdy cinema usher she despises - and pretend to be in love. In the film, Vega will do anything for the spotlight. Luckily for her, in real life, the world is already watching. Cecile De France isn't, strictly speaking, from France. But that hasn't prevented the 30-year-old Belgian from becoming a favorite with her southern neighbors - and among...
...should parents go to accommodate the demands of pretend friends? Taylor recalls one child who forced her family to wait at restaurants for a table big enough to fit her nonexistent companions. Another little girl's imaginary friend was so ill the child wouldn't leave her unsupervised at home. Taylor's advice is to try to find solutions within the boundaries of a child's fantasy. To handle the sick friend, for example, the parents created another imaginary friend specifically to be a caretaker...
...tendency to overthink these things. Taylor says that during interviews in her lab, as researchers peppered the kids with questions and scribbled down notes, some of the children grew concerned that the researchers were getting confused. One of the kids leaned over and reminded her interviewer, "It's just pretend, you know...