Wordie: Egregious: Comments

Comment by Mainframeguy, 3 days ago

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:22:44 +0000

My father recently decided that egregious was the best word to use to describe him. I think he likes the idea of being notorious... But that is really something else again.

Comment by garyth123, about 1 month ago

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:50:02 +0000

first came across this word when an KAL 007 was shot down

Comment by bilby, about 1 month ago

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:05:33 +0000

"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the government workplace safety regulator, had not visited Imperial Sugar's Port Wentworth facility since 2000. When inspectors examined the blast site after the fact, they found rampant violations of the agency's already inadequate standards. They proposed a more than $5 million fine, and issuance of citations for 61 egregious willful violations, eight willful violations and 51 serious violations. Under OSHA's rules, a 'serious' citation is issued when death or serious physical harm is likely to occur, a 'willful' violation is a violation committed with plain indifference to employee safety and health, and 'egregious' citations are issued for particularly flagrant violations."
- Robert Weissman, 'The System Implodes: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008', The Multinational Monitor, 23 Nov 2008.

Comment by yarb, about 1 year ago

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:42:57 +0000

Meanwhile 'outstanding' has evolved to mean (more often than not) 'outstandingly good'.

Comment by kewpid, about 1 year ago

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:33:08 +0000

The archaic meaning is 'outstanding'. But it has evolved to mean 'outstandingly bad'.

kewpid?

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:58:35 +0000

It means "conspicuously bad or offensive."

Comment by kewpid, about 1 year ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:41:25 +0000

To be outstanding.

Comment by jennarenn, about 1 year ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:03:40 +0000

Sometimes a word slips itself into every available conversation, until I begin to annoy even myself. This weekend it was egregious.

Ah, for Marta K do I leave this word today

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:17:57 +0000