Well I thought when used as a figure of speech to describe one's behaviour it was generally in the sense of being intentionally difficult. Also known as the "silent stupid." Perhaps that's just a regional thing though. Where I'm from if someone is being obtuse they are generally doing it on purpose, otherwise they are naturally stupid which is completely different.
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "intentionally obtuse." > "Isn't this a redundantly redundant statement? Isn't being obtuse always > intentional?" > * > Obtuse <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obtuse>:* lacking > sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect. > > So, no, it isn't always intentional. In fact, one could argue that it > wasn't intentional in this case, but that would be beating a dead horse. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319849 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
