Vagaries
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It makes me thing of the fancy word meaning "many vaginas"
I therefore like this word.
I therefore like this word.
I worked at an ice cream shop during college. One day, a coworker made a comment about "Napoleon" ice cream. I corrected him, but he refused to believe that strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla make up Neapolitan ice cream. We decided to poll our customers, and as I recall, approximately 50% of New Yorkers believe that Neapolitan ice cream is, in fact, Napoleon ice cream.
So, no, I would not be surprised if people were unfamiliar with the word. Though I don't know that I would describe the English language as vagarious.
So, no, I would not be surprised if people were unfamiliar with the word. Though I don't know that I would describe the English language as vagarious.
I still wouldn't be surprised.
A person not knowing the definition of a single word doesn't really say much about his overall intelligence or education. I'm well-educated and extremely well-read, but I come across words I don't know and have to look up all the time. My dictionary application is in my dock because I use it at least three times a day. And a lot of the words I look up are words that I probably should've learned a long time ago. The English language has so many words, and so many synonyms that make half of the words damn near obsolete, that it's not surprising that even the most literate of folk could fill a book with words they simply haven't yet stumbled upon.
If a person didn't know what vagary meant I'd only think him an idiot if he pretended to know the meaning and didn't bother asking for clarification or looking it up.
Is this directed at me?
Go on, tell us the story behind the question, you know you want to.
I'm about to finish up my Master's degree and I can say I don't know the meaning of this word. I don't remember ever hearing it before. Though it sounds like it could mean the same as "negative quirks," in the way you used it. That's probably what I would assume it meant until I could look it up.
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I would not be surprised. While I doubt I'm as well educated, like TSQ I am also well read. While I don't keep a dictionary app on my desktop, I probably should. That's a good thing. That is how you build a vocabulary, by encountering new words. So not knowing a particular word is not always an indicator of intelligence or a lack thereof, it is merely a word someone hasn't yet encountered.
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Kind of -- it's like capricious, but with a slightly more negative implication.
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