I've Been Using The Word "Terrific"...

Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

Have any of you guys come upon a self discovery, a realization that what you thought was correct only to have your eyes opened to your error?

@mudfinger said
Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

Have any of you guys come upon a self discovery, a realization that what you thought was correct only to have your eyes opened to your error?

That’s a terrific OP

@mudfinger said
Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

Have any of you guys come upon a self discovery, a realization that what you thought was correct only to have your eyes opened to your error?

Not as misused as "awesome".

@mudfinger said
Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

Have any of you guys come upon a self discovery, a realization that what you thought was correct only to have your eyes opened to your error?

you mean like singing a song for 20+ years only to find out the lyrics were always wrong?

Hells yeah

@Mudfinger

Up until like 9 months ago I was confused about a whole bunch of stuff.

Hold onto what you know is true ...

@mudfinger said
Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

Have any of you guys come upon a self discovery, a realization that what you thought was correct only to have your eyes opened to your error?

I have been using gambit instead of gamut and scrotum in place of scrum never relly got the hang of dominoes and cricket.

@wolfgang59 said
Not as misused as "awesome".

An awesome observation sir.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
An awesome observation sir.

Terrific! 😉

-VR

@mudfinger said
Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

What do you think terrific means?

@handyandy said
What do you think terrific means?

One could make a guess at "fantastic".

@ghost-of-a-duke said
An awesome observation sir.

I'll do the adding up now ...

@mudfinger said
Entirely wrong. All my life. I thought it was congratulatory in nature. Even complemental.

Nope...

Have any of you guys come upon a self discovery, a realization that what you thought was correct only to have your eyes opened to your error?

complementary...
which is a terrific and awesome word...
the best word...

like the word awful, original meaning awe inspiring or full of awe, now the opposite

@rookie54 said
complementary...
which is a terrific and awesome word...
the best word...

complimentary is even better!

@wolfgang59 said
complimentary is even better!

i cain't even rely on spellcheck to have my back...