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Everyone has that one amazing friend who’s funny, smart, generous, and creative — in fact, just being around them makes you feel funny, smart, generous, and creative too. But what makes someone’s personality so attractive? Are they just a generally cool person, or is their particular set of personality traits just irresistible?
Infamous doesn’t mean “extremely famous.” But it doesn’t mean “not famous,” either. Someone who is infamous is still quite famous — but unlike your favorite celebrity or social media influencer, you wouldn’t be excited to run into them on the street.