In a response to a post on another blog, I mentioned the word 'rogue'. That got me to thinking about the word, and how you hear it in wildly disparate circumstances.
North Korea, for example, is a 'rogue state'. Sean Connery is 'the rogue with the brogue'. Cops who've turned to the dark side are 'rogue cops'. A Nissan Rogue is a sporty little SUV. Its as if roguishness can be both repulsive (when its bad) and attractive (when its good). Does that mean that it nulls out, overall?
And then, of course, there's roguish good looks, about which, no more need be said.
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Where did you get that picture of Sean Connery in his kitchen ;-)
Oh, you mean the one on the refrigerator behind me?
...And then there's Rogue from the X Men, but I wasn't sure if that was a good rogue or a bad one....
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