| 1 | -> ''"Professor Hogben... is unwilling to look 'egregious' up in the dictionary and see what it means."'' |
| 2 | --> -- '''Creator/GeorgeOrwell''', ''[[http://orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit Politics and the English Language]]'' |
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| 4 | * '''''e·gre·gious''''' ( i-ˈgrē-jəs IPA: /ɪˈɡriː.dʒəs/ or /əˈɡriː.dʒi.əs/)[[labelnote:Pronounced]]:eh-gree-jous or -ji-ous (as in "agree" plus "just" minus "t")[[/labelnote]] ''adj.'' '''1''' archaic : distinguished '''2''' : conspicuous; especially : conspicuously bad : flagrant <egregious errors>. Latin ''egregius'', from ''e-'' + ''greg-'', ''grex'' herd |
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| 6 | You'll see this word used often, way too often, on this very wiki. It's almost as if people are looking for reasons to wedge it in, as if it were [[DrinkingGame the trigger for some kind of pleasurable behavior]]. The word itself has become a DiscreditedMeme, as more instances of its use are linked to this page. Of course, some ''were'' uses that were PlayedStraight until they were linked to this page later on. |
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| 8 | Think of a ''better'' way to say something is less than perfect. For example, notice how the article you are reading has not used that term to describe the over-wrought, clichéd, mind-numbingly bland, atrocious, annoying use of this stilted, just-plain-busted word more than once. |
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| 10 | [[DrinkingGame/TVTropes Now drink up]]! |
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| 13 | ->'''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Waldorf]]''': People sure seem to like the word "egregious".\ |
| 14 | '''[[ThoseTwoGuys Statler]]''': That's because it describes them!\ |
| 15 | '''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Both]]''': Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh! |
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