RX: "You know that it is going to rain tonight and you have books on the basement floor..."
Me: "Yes. Believe it or not, I am cognizant of these facts."
RX: "Wow, Tamara knows big words like 'cognizant'!"
Me: "And 'elephant'!"
RX: "'Elephant' isn't a big word, it merely describes something big."
Phraseology from the Doc Savage Novels springs to mind, but since my "incomprehension approximates an incontrovertible neo-science," I'll let the Great Lester Dent answer for me.
ReplyDeleteThat is, if I can find the right volume for my response....
Wait, "elephant" has only 1 fewer letter than "cognizant," so, if "cognizant" is a big word, "elephant" probably is, too. (Absent a precise definition of "big word.")
ReplyDeleteEgo, on the other hand...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944cPciN-kw
ReplyDelete"We're getting our asses kicked by the inventor of Scrabble".
ReplyDeleteSinatra: "Have you heard -- ARE you cognizant of the fact -- that they are saying things?"
ReplyDeleteMartin: "Am I whatnizant?"
Sinatra: "Do you know what they're saying about YOU?"
Martin: "And how about you?"
Sinatra: "Me?"
Martin: "Yeah, you, with that elevated suit on, yeah, you, you, you."
And that's where I learned the meaning of the word "cognizant" at an early age...from the Rat Pack.
It is important to be cognizant of elephants. They are too difficult to deflect.
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