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Monday, July 23, 2012

October 11, 2012
deify • verb

When you deify someone, you're paying the highest compliment: you're treating them like a god.

Maybe it's because people like to exaggerate, but we deify all the time. We deify the latest sports stars, singers, and actors. When politicians are popular, we deify them. Great writers and artists of the past — like Shakespeare and Picasso — are deified. Anytime we make someone seem so great, so powerful, so wonderful, and so amazing that it can't possibly be true, we're deifying them. It's something we just can't help doing when we respect or love someone a lot.

31 comments:

  1. I deify my girlfriend when she wears high hills

    andy silva ms foster p6

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  2. I deify my girlfriend when she were that eyelyner .

    carlos garrido mrs.foster 5 6

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  3. Marcelo Coppola (Foster) P.5
    I deify my girlfriend on anything she does because am nice like that.

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  4. I deify money like i do to a puppy.
    Gretel Bonet
    Mrs. Foster
    Period. 5

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  5. I deify my boyfriend when he DJ's

    Dayanay Miranda Ms.Foster period 5

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  6. My mom and I deify cookies because their so good.

    melissa beltre ms. foster p:5

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  7. I deify the Beatles.

    Cristian Hernandez
    Foster
    Per.5

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  8. They deify her so much, that it gives me a headache.
    Shazira Alvarez
    Ms. Foster
    Period.05

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  9. I deify Mrs.Chesters class the times i'm not there.
    Robert Romo
    Mrs.Chester
    Period:5

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  10. I deify my boyfriend when he dresses nice.

    paula bodan
    per5&6
    mrs.foster

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  11. my mother deify me when i look good
    Carlos diaz
    period.5
    ms.foster

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  12. Andy Dominguez
    Mrs.Foster
    Period 5 & 6
    Im trying to defy the meaning of this word in class and its so hard.

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  14. Genesis Miranda
    CRod & Mogo <3
    Periods 1&6
    Although pontificals are seen as quite idyllic figures through some people's eyes, the one we have to deify no matter what is God himself. :)

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  15. Maria Sanchez
    Miss Lopez 6

    It is not wise to deify a human being, they are Not gods

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  16. Lots of different religions deify different gods.

    Claudia Ordaz
    Ms.Allen
    Period.1,2

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  17. erika guevara p#3
    ms.allen
    It is inexcusable in honest people to deify mere success without regard to the qualities by which that success is achieved.

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  18. Nassir Hazim XD
    Period 1 and 2
    When i go to church i deify the lord!

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  19. Alvaro figueroa
    ms.allen
    period5&6

    I look at my mom as a deify to me.

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  21. Melissa L. Gonzalez
    Ms. Allen
    Period;1&2

    I deify my phone, because I can do whatever I want with it.

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  22. Abel Gonzalez
    Period 1&2
    Ms.Allen

    Many people deify President Obama as if he were a god, but don't realize what he has done to this country.

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  23. Gabriel Lopez
    Period 5&6
    Ms.Allen

    Deify humanity and make self his god, but a god of some sort he must have.

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  24. Jennifer Viera
    Ms. Allen
    Period: 3 and 4

    The people deified the emperor.

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  25. Manuel Rodes
    Ms.Allen
    Period:1&2

    It is inexcusable in honest people to deify mere success without regard to the qualities by which that success is achieved.

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  26. People usually deify celebrities because they are all over the tv so they seem like gods.
    Sarah Scazzi
    Ms. Allen
    Period 3

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  27. It is not wise to deify a human being, they are not gods!

    Rolando Montero
    P-5/6
    Ms. Allen

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  28. Celine Fonseca
    Ms. Allen
    Period 5&6
    I deify famous singers like Demi Lovato.

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  29. Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&6

    It is inexcusable in honest people to deify mere success without regard to the qualities by which that success is achieved.

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  30. Deify almost deified teletext machine is a little odd, given that the village has far more sophisticated communications devices at it's disposal.
    roxette period5&6 mrs.allen

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