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[celiaka]

I'm kicking around a few thoughts about a new art project this evening and I was wondering if I could get a little input from your guys.

Please tell me what the word safe means to you. It can be just a word or two if you like.

Thanks!

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[cybik]

Not-threatened. Somewhere that I can relax or someone I can relax around.

[teleute]

Synonyms: secure, protected.

I feel safe when I am somewhere familiar with people I trust. I also feel safe alone, as long as I am in a place I feel is safe or protected in some way. I believe my belongings to be safe if they are guarded, but items of significant personal value (irrespective of monetary value) are safe only if I am the one looking after them.

I can probably elaborate further but this is possibly all you need.

[badasstronaut]

There's the thing (tree/post/wall) you can touch so that no one else can get you in chasing games.

[moussaka_thief]

Slang we used commonly growing up, used to indicate agreement or describe something as pretty darned cool.

[moussaka_thief]

I know I already replied, but I like thinking about words and what they mean to people. Astonishing, I know, given my profession.

Reading the other replies and thinking further, I don't think I associate it with the same meanings as the majority of people. Of course I understand that safe can mean hidden, protected, secure, and I obviously use it in that way sometimes, but aside from childhood slang, the words boring, unadventurous, over-protected, possessive and sheltered are the ones that spring to mind. I use the word in a scornful way more often than I would use it to describe a desirable situation. I think safe is over-rated.

[undeadbydawn]

it's been an awful long time since I felt safe.

safe is the brief moment when I know that, just for now, nothing can go wrong.

it's been an awful long time since I felt safe.