a great George line, but i cant find the meaning of the word "bedantic" in any dictionary. George said this to Julie in conversation about a columnist in the Daily News right before she took credit for the big salad. anyone know what it means?
He can be bedantic, he can be bedantic
S06E02 The Big SaladretroApr 7, 19973 years later12 posts by 11 posters
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Fans clarify that George's line uses the word "pedantic" (meaning narrowly learned or unimaginative), not "bedantic" as the original poster heard it.
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It's not bedantic, it's pedantic.
Hey Patrick, you were pretty close. Esp. for someone who didn't know the word at all. Too bad the dictionary requires you to know how to spell (at least the beginning of) the word you're looking up. But Keep using it anyway -- good dictionaries make us smarter.
Bo
Could it have been "Pedantic"? -John
I believe the word is "pedantic" meaning either (1) narrowly, stodgily and often ostentatiously learned or (2) unimaginative; pedestrian. Most likely #2.
Janeen
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Patrick Joseph Boyle ([email]) wrote:
Could he have said "pedantic"? Pedantic means "characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules".
Sarah
I don't remember what exactly they were talking about...who was pedantic and why?
E-mail all responses, please.
Michael Alexander
In article , [email] says...
Sorry Michael, my e-mail is down for a day or two so hopefully you'll get this here. The episode was 'The Big Salad' and George and his femme du jour are discussing their favorite authors. The woman says that she likes author so-and-so, but cautions that 'he can be a bit pedantic at times.' George, at a loss for the definition of pedantic, just repeats, 'Yes he can be pedantic, he can be pedantic.' As to the exact name of the author and what made his prose pedantic, I don't know. Sorry.
Don...
In article , [email] (Doc Reeser) wrote:
what
I know the whole conversation was about columnists, but weren't they talking about William Safire? Safire has a column in the NY Times Magazine called "On Language" or something like that where he writes about misused phrases or words spoken or written in the media.
I think you're right Gene, it was about Safire. Good one.
Don...
i think the word is pedantic.
pe*dan*tic (adjective)
First appeared circa 1600
1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant
2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, PEDESTRIA N
-- pe*dan*ti*cal*ly (adverb)
try looking under "pedantic" then. One meaning is "picky".
On 8 Apr 1997, Patrick Joseph Boyle wrote:
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