Kinda bummin' right now. All of a sudden I had a flash in my gray matter: "perspicuitous." Is that a word, I thought? Probably not. If not, I could make my own meaning for it. There are very various directions you could go with that definition, based on the component parts. I really had my hopes up. But then it turns out it is a word. Vaguely, at least. Perspicuity is a word, meaning basically the same thing as perspicacity, and it stands to reason that perspicuitous would be a valid adjective form of perspicuity. And it comes up with fifty hits on Google. That's disappointment, y'alls.
Sometimes I feel like I am different in some respects than others. Is it possible not everyone has a casual hobby neologisms and etymology? Are there those who have greater aspirations in life than to own their very own unabridged copy of the Oxford English Dictionary?
No, but seriously, about three to four times a year, I'll have this word-befuddlement, some question I've got going about a word or phrase, and I'll be getting nothing good on the internet, when all of a sudden I'll be, like, "...O.E.D, motherfucker!" And it's like a story in Dubliners, this is such a big and satisfying epiphany. Just go look it up in the Oxford English Dictionary, yo.
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