Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for May 01, 2010
April 30, 2010
May 02, 2010
Transcript:
Man: The new neighbor called our three overhanging his fence "An egregious, imminent threat." No one uses "Egregious" in a sentence. Do you know what this means? Woman: He's a jerk? Man:Worse. He's a lawyer!
gulfcoastgrl over 14 years ago
Worse! “Imminent threat”. He’s also a politician.
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Worser. He’s all three.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
From the Amer. Herit. Dict., 4th Ed.:
Conspicuously bad or offensive.It comes from Latin for “outside the herd”.
But then we wordies already know all that.
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Watch out. someone sold PS a dictionary and he knows how to use it. (See also INK PEN.)
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
I much prefer gregarious threats. I like them to be followed by smiling face emoticons.