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

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[–] ndupont@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Quixotic - cannot even remember what it means

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 17 points 5 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@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] ndupont@lemmy.world 8 points 5 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)

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

I means acting in a manner that's hard to understand.

[–] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

ℹ️ "exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical"