Sunday, April 21, 2013

Bon mots: facile and cloying

It's a twofer today! (I'll be looking up "twofer" later...)

fac-ile (FAS il)
1. easily done, performed, used, etc.: a facile victory, a facile method
2. explained in a way that is accessible to toddlers

cloy-ing (KLOI ing)
1. overly ingratiating or sentimental.
2. sickeningly sweet,: a cloying photo of a blue-eyed Jesus petting sheep


"I dislike attending church because the pastor's "me and Jesus" style of preaching is facile and cloying."

1 comment:

Sarah said...

This actually made me laugh out loud. After a really long, semi-crappy weekend, I needed that.