Watching the innaugural pregame, I’ve twice heard in the last thirty minutes a talking head admiringly note the “enormity” of this morning’s state-empowerment propaganda event. Quite right!
enormity (ĭ-nôr’mĭ-tē)
1. The quality of passing all moral bounds; excessive wickedness or outrageousness.
2. A monstrous offense or evil; an outrage.
Ah… the majesty.
Prescriptivism is theft of property!
3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity: “The enormity of our challenge is staggering.”
3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity: “The enormity of our challenge is staggering.”