+229 It's kind of strange how words like awesome, wonderful, extraordinary, etc. are taken as compliments, because when you look at the word, it looks like it just means full of awe, full of wonder, and very ordinary, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think the word "extraordinary" is more like "more than ordinary."

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Extra doesn't always mean it's intensified, sometimes, it means 'apart from.'

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

So, like, out of the ordinary. So, yeah. That's a compliment.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes. "extra" in Latin means "out of" So out of the ordinary is correct.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well if you guys read the post correctly, it says it 'just looks like it means" not what it really means.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Fail.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, actually, that's because they meant different things when they were 'created,' per se.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Weird that awful is like "full of awe"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It works for amazing too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Awesome actually means 'awe inspiring'.

by Anonymous 13 years ago