• What does it mean to be Frugal?

  Filed under General stuff
  Jul 2

  Often when one hears the word “frugal”  it conjures up a bunch of other words, a few of which are listed in your standard thesaurus:  thrifty, cheap, tightfisted,  miserly, stingy

  Gee, is it me, or do they all sound so negative?

  I prefer some of the more positive synonyms like: penny-wise, economizing, provident, prudent; or the definition in Merriam-Webster where it says: reflecting economy in the use of resources.

  Now that sounds like being frugal is a very good thing!

  So what do you think of when you hear the word frugal? Is it a positive or negative connotation? Do you call yourself frugal, or like others to think of you as such?

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  Tagged as: frugal, money
  
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One Response to “What does it mean to be Frugal?”

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   Chanda said on July 2nd, 2009 at 1:25 pm

   Frugal is most definitely positive! The way the economy is today, you have to be frugal! Its also so much fun to find great deals, I love it. I love to brag about my great deals as well, lol!