Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Word of the Week: Bespoke

Bespoke (adjective)

Pronunciation
bi-ˈspōk

Definition

Custom-made, made-to-order

Sample Sentence
Jennifer was extremely lucky to have a personal tailor: all of her jackets were bespoke for her.

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While most of us can’t afford to have someone create or tailor all of our clothes, it can be a comfort to know that each of us does have at least one thing bespoke in our lives: ourselves.

Every person is unique — we all have our own sets of hand and footprints, even tongueprints. And that doesn’t even touch on how varied our personalities can be. If you know a set of twins extremely well, you’d know it would be a stretch for them to impersonate eash other because their personalities are so different.

Thanks to your background, personality, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, you can accomplish a set of tasks no one else in the world can — and even better, you can accomplish them well.

So this year when you’re “spring cleaning” your closets and cupboards, why not spring clean yourself? Take a look in your personality closet, find your favorite pieces about yourself, and wear them. The pieces that just aren’t “you”? Feel free to dump them out with the trash.

You’ve been made-to-order, and there’s nothing better than letting you be you.

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