Egregious
Original Source:
"Above all, we cannot play ducks and drakes with a native battery of idioms which prescribes egregious collocations of vocables as the Basic put up with for tolerate, or put at a loss for bewilder."
"George
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946." George
Orwell, "Politics and the English Language," 1946. N.p., n.d.
Web. 5 Jan. 2014. <https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwell46.htm>.
Definition*:
extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant.
*All definitions are from the source found in THIS post.
Second Source:
"I believe in the character of this football team... We made some egregious mistakes [Sunday]. But I believe in the character of these guys, and I'll stick by that character and support them to the end."
"Brian
Billick quote." I believe in the character of this football....
N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Jan. 2014. <http://www.quotesea.com/quote/i-believe-in-the-character-of-this-football>.
Commentary:
I originally thought egregious to have a positive definition, but in reality, it has a negative definition. In the original source, Orwell describes some words as being extraordinarily bad in the English language. Conversely, in the second source, egregious is incorporated into a positive statement. Billick believes in his football team and despite the fact that they made bad mistakes, he will continue to support them.
I originally thought egregious to have a positive definition, but in reality, it has a negative definition. In the original source, Orwell describes some words as being extraordinarily bad in the English language. Conversely, in the second source, egregious is incorporated into a positive statement. Billick believes in his football team and despite the fact that they made bad mistakes, he will continue to support them.
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