eyesore

The etymology of eyesore takes us to the Latin locution ad Ephesĭos, which can be translated as "To the Ephesians" or "belonging to the Ephesians." This we have to state that it was the name of a people of antiquity that has the peculiarity that it loved to show off and boast of its things. He went so far in that sense that, on numerous occasions, he fell into situations that border on the extravagant, the absurd and even the ridiculous.

That is also the title of one of the epistles (letters) written by Saint Paul. It is said that the saint, while developing his preaching work in the town of Ephesus, suffered different punishments Y attacks. From this situation derives the meaning of contempt in our language.

An epistle that the writer Miguel de Unamuno spoke about, who considered that it gave shape to the term obscene as ridiculous, foolish and extravagant. A document is that letter that is currently read by priests at weddings because it contains advice for the spouses to behave appropriately. Advice that this author, like many others, considered and that were anachronistic, totally ridiculous and too rigid. Hence he called them eyesore.

Adefesio, therefore, is something ugly, crazy or grotesque. The concept can refer to people, animals, objects or situations. For example: "When I was a teenager I had self-esteem problems: I felt like an eyesore", "What is that rare animal ?! It's an eyesore, get it out of here ", "The project that Deputy Solano presented is an eyesore that does not withstand the slightest analysis".

When the notion is used in relation to a human being or an animal, is linked to the ugliness or to certain characteristics extravagant. Because these are aesthetic issues, naming someone as an eyesore implies an opinion since such consideration is subjective. A man may think that a woman is an eyesore, while another person believes that the same woman is beautiful.

At present, adefesio is normally used within colloquial speech to show that a man or a woman aesthetically does not comply with the canons of beauty and can be considered very ugly or ugly. The fact of not having a "harmonious" face, of having a disproportionate member of the body or of wearing a look that does not follow fashion trends can be reasons for someone to define another as an eyesore.

In this way, the use with that meaning could be the following: "The woman totally rejected the man who wanted to flirt with her at the nightclub because he seemed like a real eyesore."

The ridiculous things or cartoonish they can also be mentioned as eyesore. An architect may consider that a building is an eyesore since he does not like its forms and maintains that it is a structure not very functional.

On a general level, an eyesore is something that lacks logic or what happens impracticable. A leader, in this framework, can affirm that an opposition electoral front is an eyesore since its members do not coincide ideologically.