Member posted January 11, 2007 08:48
Until Barack O'Bama used the word "wrongheaded" today, I had never heard it before, yet I see its origin listed as 1725-1735. Are others of you familiar with the word in common usage?
Member wrongheaded I've heard it before, but its meaning can easily be determined from its constituent parts.
Ceci n'est pas un seing .
<wordnerd> posted January 11, 2007 09:22
Senators
Byrd ,
Hagel and
Obama have each used the word "wrongheaded" in recent days, in the same context. So there's obviously some copying going on.
(Nothing wrong with that. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.)
Member I've heard it fairly frequently.
Member its meaning can easily be determined from its constituent parts. stubbornly, obstinately wrong". And I don't see a concept of "obstinance" in the constituant parts.
Member Like Bob, I've heard it fairly often. Perhaps it's more common in the UK?
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Member To me the word implies not just "wrong" but "stubbornly, obstinately wrong". And I don't see a concept of "obstinance" in the constituant parts. Maybe I was thinking of strongheaded.
Ceci n'est pas un seing .
Member Yes, or 'pigheaded' or 'bullheaded'.Edit: And that, on reflection, is why I didn't say whether the word was familiar to me. I don't know whether I knew it, or deduced it.)
