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    Before I send an e-mail to a colleague about the use of a word.

    Can we all agree that 'hubris' overwhelmingly comes off in a negative connotation?

    Sincerely,
    magnificent_hubris

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    • Okay, I couldn't wait. Anyone who thinks "hubris" means "overbearing presumption" is a fucking idiot. To be honest, that definition didn't even work.
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    • that definition didn't even work in the context it was given.
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    • And I have never, ever, heard the word used that way.
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    • "LOL ... well that was more or less what I was going for." ... Shocking. Well not shocking really, they do head their own department.
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    • department.
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    • Annnnnd I got sufficiently pwned in the 2nd response. "Don’t worry, they don’t have a word for your level of self confidence yet!"
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    • yet!" With a g-ddamn smiley face, haha.
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    • Colour me BBQPWNT.
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    • isn't that the bone in your arm?
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    • Damn my years upon years of research into ancient Greece. You yet again prove worthless outside of trivia!!
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    • That's the humerus.
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    • I get my medical information from Scrubs
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    • i was clearly joking, I am a wannabe intellectual. ;)
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    • Sorry, I wasn't in the mind state to recognize, haha. This is driving me insane.
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