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minus-squareterminally_offline@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·9 hours agoElusive*, you’ll probably try to correct me and say that you meant “illusive” but that’s not the right use-case for it anyway.
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·9 hours agoHere we see the illusive pedant in its natural habitat
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·57 minutes agoIt’s not pedantry to point out your word choice was so completely wrong. Illusive is descriptive of things that are illusions (a mirage is illusive water); elusive is descriptive of something that is hard to find
minus-squareterminally_offline@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·7 hours agoIgnoramus will be an ignoramus.
Elusive*, you’ll probably try to correct me and say that you meant “illusive” but that’s not the right use-case for it anyway.
Here we see the illusive pedant in its natural habitat
It’s not pedantry to point out your word choice was so completely wrong. Illusive is descriptive of things that are illusions (a mirage is illusive water); elusive is descriptive of something that is hard to find
Ignoramus will be an ignoramus.