Favourite word and why? (lemm.ee)

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Mine is insidious as it sounds cool and is apt in our modern world of fast news

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[-] ndupont@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that's what it meant.

Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.

[-] ndupont@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Yes :) , it looks that it takes its roots to Don Quixote (english is not my first language but come on, Don Quixote I could have remembered that)

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

I means acting in a manner that's hard to understand.

[-] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

ℹ️ "exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical"

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