squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoFavourite word and why?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareFavourite word and why?squid_slime@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoQuixotic - cannot even remember what it means
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant. Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
minus-squareTrueStoryBob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
minus-squarendupont@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYes :) , 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)
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”
Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means
It meant my Dad never played Scrabble with my mom ever again, that’s what it meant.
Across two Triple Word tiles, no less.
I think it means like a person is taking something that is foolish or misguided far to seriously.
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)
ℹ️ “exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical”