Character

There was a phrase that went around in the Young Adult circle. It was used to describe a young lady, specifically a BYU-CoEd, that was rather large and not the most eye catching. People used to say, well she really does have a sweet spirit. Which really meant that she was FAT or UGLY... or both. Well, that phrase is really well known, so in order to talk about someone with out calling them a sweet spirit (aka- ugly) we needed something else that would get the same point across, with out causing the offending party to understand. Then the phrase "they have character" came up. Chance began to used in place of "sweet spirit", because the person (this can now be used for both male and female) was of such good character - meaning ugly. But without causing offense.

So, when someone would say something like "You're nose has such character", they really meant "Your nose is ugly!". Chance shared this little tidbit with his brother, who began to use it all the time.