AVERAGE, what does it mean to you?

Average? That is the common of the group. either the mean or the median, depending on the situation. I would not think of it as 'barely adequate', I'd think of it as representative of the group.

depends on the context.

it means nothing special. typical. not extraordinary. common.

To me it is the median ,, as someone else said representative of the group... Expected....
What I find interesting is that to define the word some people said what it wasn't not what it was....
I also see that to be average to some has a negative connotation..... when it reality it doesn't seem to be negative or positive... just is....

To me I always had a desire to be average. I was always the fat kid, always the super smart kid. To me average meant fitting in, not being "different". Now that I am "average" with regard to body fat percentage, all I crave is being elite, I would love to have a below "average" body fat percentage.

Average is Ok... if you like the norm and whatever is considered "accepted by the majority". I'm doing this for me, for my health & for my longevity. I won't ever have the average build, average shape, average face or average anything & it's not because I strive for difference; it's that I know the World is made up of Unique, Diverse Peoples and I'm just one of them in a sea of millions. If I wind up with a nice figure, that's just a bonus to everything I'm accomplishing here.

I like your perspective!! :flowerforyou:

Average. Median. Safe. If you are above average in IQ , you are a "nerd" or weird , above average in body weight you are "fat", below average IQ stupid" or less than or the football star who can get by with it cause he's cute, below average weight, sexy, acceptable. When you actually take the time to analyze, is it really society or all of us? Do we want to watch action films and love scenes with overweight people with average looks, or read a book written by an average writer, or put our trust in an average pilot or Dr.?I think we are all guilty of average. I just want to be comfortable in my own skin and whatever that is then I will be happy, but it may not be "safe" or acceptable by society's standards. And if you look through out history, we see it, women used to be voluptuosly plump. It was a sign of wealth and was the coveted social norm. People were above average if they had all of their teeth. Humans are weird sometimes.