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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Dysfunctional...
Clark: Jor-El never mentioned your dad.
Kara: He and his brother never talked.
Clark: Why?
Kara: The House of El has a lot of family secrets
that nobody ever discussed.
As humans would say, we were...dysfunctional. Unusual people?
Kara: He and his brother never talked.
Clark: Why?
Kara: The House of El has a lot of family secrets
that nobody ever discussed.
As humans would say, we were...dysfunctional. Unusual people?
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"Dysfunctional" has become a very popular, shall I say ubiquitous, pop-psych word used to describe unhappy families (each of which, as we know, is unhappy in its own way) or relationships. It means, literally, that the family didn't function properly. Perhaps the mother was an alcoholic, the father passive-aggressive, one child the favorite and the others resentful, whatever.
- "Dysfunctional" has become a very popular, shall I say ubiquitous, pop-psych word used to describe unhappy families (each of which, as we know, is unhappy in its own way) or relationships.
- It means, literally, that the family didn't function properly.
- Perhaps the mother was an alcoholic, the father passive-aggressive, one child the favorite and the others resentful, whatever.
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"Dysfunctional" has become a very popular, shall I say ubiquitous, pop-psych word used to describe unhappy families (each of which, as we know, is unhappy in its own way) or relationships. It means, literally, that the family didn't function properly. Perhaps the mother was an alcoholic, the father passive-aggressive, one child the favorite and the others resentful, whatever.
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