Weird Word Wednesday
By Diana Bauder
@BloggerDi (3113)
United States
January 10, 2018 9:04pm CST
I've always had a fairly good vocabulary, or at least I thought so.
"Bemused" is a word that I've never used because I never knew what it meant. I've heard it a few times through the years, but somehow I never learned its meaning. 
Is "bemused" a word you use regularly, or hear very often?
I'm a word nerd so I just love this type of thing. 
Is "bemused" a word you use regularly, or hear very often?
I'm a word nerd so I just love this type of thing. 5 people like this
5 responses
@BearArtistLady (5382)
• United States
11 Jan 18
I've come across the word many time in my readings. I love words and collecting different or unusual words. It does tend to annoy me when people use words in wrong context. It shows their laziness and/or ignorance in not taking the time to research the word to find the proper meaning before they use it.
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
11 Jan 18
Thanks @BearArtistLady. That annoys me sometimes too, but I just let it go because I don't want to be known as the grammar police. 
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jan 18
I am familiar with the word but do not use it.
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
11 Jan 18
Thanks for your input @JohnRoberts. :)
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
11 Jan 18
I like the word and see it in books sometimes, but it is not one I would use in speech or maybe even writing. I checked to see how long it has been around (about 1735) and wonder if it verges on the archaic?
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@BloggerDi (3113)
• United States
11 Jan 18
Hi @JamesHxstatic. Thanks for checking on that. I'd say it very well could be archaic if it's been around since 1735!
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@Hannihar (129379)
• Israel
9 Feb 18
I can see you love to learn new words. I think I heard of bemused. I would never know that is what it means.
