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Before I send an e-mail to a colleague about the use of a word.
Can we all agree that 'hubris' overwhelmingly comes off in a negative connotation?
Sincerely,
magnificent_hubris- jizzdigdre
- Okay, I couldn't wait. Anyone who thinks "hubris" means "overbearing presumption" is a fucking idiot. To be honest, that definition didn't even work.flavorful
- that definition didn't even work in the context it was given.flavorful
- And I have never, ever, heard the word used that way.flavorful
- "LOL ... well that was more or less what I was going for." ... Shocking. Well not shocking really, they do head their own department.flavorful
- department.flavorful
- Annnnnd I got sufficiently pwned in the 2nd response. "Don’t worry, they don’t have a word for your level of self confidence yet!"flavorful
- yet!" With a g-ddamn smiley face, haha.flavorful
- Colour me BBQPWNT.flavorful
- isn't that the bone in your arm?morilla
- Damn my years upon years of research into ancient Greece. You yet again prove worthless outside of trivia!!flavorful
- That's the humerus.flavorful
- I get my medical information from Scrubsmorilla
- i was clearly joking, I am a wannabe intellectual. ;)morilla
- Sorry, I wasn't in the mind state to recognize, haha. This is driving me insane.flavorful