Fine (Apr. 30)

The word fine is used in many interesting ways that on the one hand are completely unrelated but at the same time really make you think. First, one could use the word fine to describe how they are doing and you would think that things are alright but not all that great. Second, you could then use the supperlative to say that it is your finest hour and the meaning changes completely into being potentially the best moment in your life. Third, and perhaps the most crass use of the word, would be for someone to describe a member of the opposite sex as fine. In which case of course you mean, like the supperlative that the person you are talking about is very attractive. Fourth, and last for now, is the term fine being used to describe an amount of money you must pay as part of a penalty for something that you have done. One little word has been used to describe just about every possible level of emotion, or at least gets you to think about every possible level of emotion. From the low point of paying a fine, up through the alright to the absolutely amazing. The spectrum of one word is so large that it gives a little glimpse of the unreal.