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Creepy & Spooky
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Akanah
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Creepy & Spooky
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Hi!
can anybody tell me the difference between these two words? I �ve read that if something is just spooky, it can �t hurt you but, if it �s creepy it �s dangerous. Is this correct?
Thank you,
Olga
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6 Feb 2010
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Zora
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No, not true.
Spooky is something eerie...
Creepy is something disquieting or very strange... "a creepy coincidence" - a very strange and somewhat uneasy coincidence...
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6 Feb 2010
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Akanah
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Thank you, Linda! Have you started the countdown? Semana Blanca is around the corner!
Regards from sunny Malaga :=)
Olga |
6 Feb 2010
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Zora
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In Galicia, we don �t celebrate "Semana Blanca"... 
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6 Feb 2010
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Akanah
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Ooops! sorry to hear that  |
6 Feb 2010
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yanogator
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"Spook" is another word for ghost, so "spooky" is ghost-like, or causing the reaction a ghost would cause.
Bruce |
7 Feb 2010
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zoemorosini
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I agree with yanogator about "spooky."I would add that "creepy" is used when something makes your skin crawl, like insects "creeping" over you. If a person is creepy, you don �t feel comfortable around him/her, because your skin feels strange in reaction to them, because of how they stare, or dress, or smell, or say inappropriate or odd things, etc... It �s often used as a synonym for "strange" or "weird" when you �re mentally uncomfortable around someone or someplace. |
7 Feb 2010
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Akanah
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So, when talking about supernatural phenomena, would you say that "creepy" is more psychologically terrifying than "spooky"? Has it something to do with that? |
7 Feb 2010
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