What is a wallflower?!


Question: What is a wallflower!?
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Wallflower is a 50's term I think!. It means someone who is very shy!. It means they stand alone with their back to the wall at a party looking uncomfortable!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

flowers on your wall!!!!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

Someone who stands aloneWww@Enter-QA@Com

A band with Bob Dylan's son, Jacob, as the front manWww@Enter-QA@Com

a very shy person that doesn't like to stand outWww@Enter-QA@Com

someone who stands around kinda by themselves!.!.!.they just watch whats going on without getting in on the conversation!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

A nerd!. Someone who is plain or homely!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Oh! I'm reading a book called "the Perks of being a Wallflower"

a "wallflower" is basically a person who keeps quiet about things and understand!. They are also sort of quiet people!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

A Wallflower is any of numerous herbs of the genus Erysimum of the mustard family, having fragrant yellow, orange, or brownish flowers!.
Any of several perennial herbs of the genus Cheiranthus, especially C!. cheiri!.
One who does not participate in the activity at a social event because of shyness or unpopularity!.
A security, company, or industry that is out of favor with investors!.


WORD HISTORY:
The sweet-smelling flowers of Cheiranthus cheiri came to be called wallflowers because they often grow on old walls, rocks, and quarries!. The plant name is first recorded in 1578!. It is not known who first made the comparison between these delicate flowers and the unpartnered women sitting along the wall at a dance, but the figurative sense is first found in an 1820 work by Mrs!. Campbell Praed entitled County Ball!. Although originally used to describe women at dances, the word is now applied to men as well and used in situations remote from a ballroom!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

A wallflower is a young lady left behind in the marriage field in other words a spinster and at a dance is never asked to join in and ends up sitting all night!.
It is a sarcastic remark made by someone spiteful**Www@Enter-QA@Com

A wallflower is somebody who isn't very outgoing and enjoys being by themselves!. Most people use it in the context of a dance, like someone who feels it's awkward to dance so they stand on the outskirts of the room!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Someone who doesn't fit in, who stands by themselves in a corner or against the wall, and doesn't participate in anything because they're shy or people just ignore them or something!.

Read some Regency romances - Sometimes they have lots of Wallflower people!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

The way people use it at my school, a Wallflower is a type of person who usually hangs back and studies people without really saying anything!. They're usually very introverted but they like to observe!. They can be loners or just incredibly shy!. No one really pays any attention to Wallflowers, because they're usually just faded into the background!.
To sum it up, Wallflowers are usually anti-social, or shy individuals who linger in the background, against the wall!.

Its name comes from the actuall wallflower plant!.

If you're talking about a plant, then a wallflower is a Perennial plant native to southern Europe, bearing fragrant yellow and orange flowers!. The name is derived from the fact that the plant, when naturalized to a region, is often found growing out of the nooks and crannies in an old wall, or a cliff!.Www@Enter-QA@Com



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