Its difficult to put down what one's experiences do to you sometimes. I had an encounter recently which was glorious but I don't really know why or how it was so special. So I am not sure I could advertise for such an experience again or the type of person who I think would make that happen.
From the outset it would be limiting and alientaing a lot of people from feeling they could enter into responding. Because I would probably be very focussed on recreating that experience. So why would I do that if it were to make people feel that it was unlikely they could fulfil that.
So if I chose to use an expression which alienated most people but gave some kind of encouragement to another group whom I felt could most closely fulfill me, I might begin to use a variety of words such as 'accomplished' 'consummate' or even 'effecting'.
Unfortunately the actual meaning of exceptional is double barrelled. It means oustanding in good qualities and also notoriously bad ones. So having to play the teacher, exceptional is indeed a somewhat contradictory word to use. Exacerbating the more literate amongst us.
So again its the use of a 'gotten about' expression which really can cause a lot of misunderstanding.
Because I am perhaps one of "the more literate" among us, and because I don't tend to make vague statements, I did put the following in my profile when it was written some time ago:
"By exceptional we mean guys with intelligence, respect and those who Goldsmith has some sort or rapport with. This takes time, it doesn't happen in 10 minutes."
Why is this causing so much fuss?
The word doesn't need to be redefined or given a different meaning.
Getting back to the debate.........
I think the main point being discussed is why is such a language being employed
and what benefits are people deriving from it all? The use of words and expressions is being developed into a style which is creating and/or making worse, some problems.
A lot of it comes across as casual and quickly thrown together. Because they are these
fashionable words which seem to have been created or designed for the purpose of pursuing sex on the site; in a competitive, challenging and reward driven manner. ie you are inspired to react to these adverts with a testosterone filled brain. this is brought on by being humiliated on the one hand, requiring you to stand up for yourself; or given the incentive to believe you will reach some super nirvana by beguiling and enticing
encouragement. ie the voice of the siren working at respondents mixed emotions.
Also many of such adverts are very open ended, and as has been demonstrated; written with mixed meanings and intentions, they are quite rightly left open to as many interpretations. Which is why respondents will attempt to read between the lines and send off a hopefull reply. So for the many advertisers who are fed up with this and send out the warning of 'no single men', it may well be your style of advert which is giving you such a pain.
For those respondents who are getting frustrated by this loop of redundancy its simply
due to the fact that advertisers don't mean what they say because they don't know how
to say what they mean. And never has that old adage been more apparent.