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

  • @ndupont
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    166 months ago

    Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means

    • @Pronell
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      176 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
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      86 months ago

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

      • @ndupont
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        86 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)

    • noughtnaut
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      26 months ago

      ℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”