quix.OT.ic
def: resembling or befitting Don Quixote; extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable; impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
syn: fanciful, fantastic, imaginary
ex: read it today in "Good to Great" describing a CEO who was very charismatic, so much so that he let it mask the reality of the poor position in which he had put his company.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tangential
tan.GEN.tial
def: touching lightly [upon the main subject]; of little relevance [to the main point]
syn: digressive, incidental, peripheral
ex: My conversation about MRA Risk Certification with Jason was tangential to the main subject of job satisfaction, yet it was still an important part of our discussion.
def: touching lightly [upon the main subject]; of little relevance [to the main point]
syn: digressive, incidental, peripheral
ex: My conversation about MRA Risk Certification with Jason was tangential to the main subject of job satisfaction, yet it was still an important part of our discussion.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Unseemly
un.SEEM.ly
def: not according with established standards of good form or taste; not suitable for time or place.
syn: inappropriate, unseasonable, improper, unbecoming, wrong
ex: Matthew's outburst of laughter during a reverent moment was most unseemly.
def: not according with established standards of good form or taste; not suitable for time or place.
syn: inappropriate, unseasonable, improper, unbecoming, wrong
ex: Matthew's outburst of laughter during a reverent moment was most unseemly.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Perspicacious
per.spi.CA.cious
def: of acute mental vision or discernment
syn: keen
ex: Justin has a certain perspicacity that his present employer doesn't fully appreciate.
def: of acute mental vision or discernment
syn: keen
ex: Justin has a certain perspicacity that his present employer doesn't fully appreciate.
Euphemism
EU.phe.mism
def: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
ex: using "eliminate" as a euphemism for "kill;" similarly, a euphemistic way to say someone has died is to say they "perished" or "moved on." Click here for a site with a great list of euphemisms.
def: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant.
ex: using "eliminate" as a euphemism for "kill;" similarly, a euphemistic way to say someone has died is to say they "perished" or "moved on." Click here for a site with a great list of euphemisms.
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