But, if you are being intentionally obtuse, that would lead one to believe that you do have 'sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect' and are choosing not to use it.
Having it and not using it is not really the same as not having it at all. Saying someone is 'obtuse' is just a different way of calling them a moron. IMHO :D On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:319851 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
