skinny

"ms. a., you're skinny.
"i honestly didn't know what to say. i know i'm a little slight in appearance according to some...
so i told her my mind"i'm not skinny, i'm slim."
"what's slim?" she asks in turn.
"it's the same as what you said, except it's a nicer word... it's a synonym!" i related excitedly... thinking she'd just say "oh, alright." nothing doing.
"what's a synonym?"
"it means same/similar name... it means the same as skinny, but it's a different word.
"ahhh, the lovliness of the curious and questioning mind!