Can you think of a time when the connotation of a word (or words) you used was interpreted with the wrong denotation or connotation, or when you misinterpreted a word`s connotation or denotation? Explain what happened and how you dealt with the confusion.

"the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. they were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."