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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
No, sorry, I don't read pulp fiction. I read a wide variety of books and that includes many non-fiction books about topics I have had no previous experience of. I think that I have had to use a dictionary about twice in the last three years. Even if there is a word that I am not entirely familiar with, it's usually pretty easy to infer it's meaning from context. For example, I came across the word 'irrefragable' in a Richard Dawkins book last week. Although I had never seen it before, it was pretty obvious from context that it must mean something like 'impossible to argue with' (and no, I still haven't looked it up).
Absolutely no idea what your Ford/Chevy comment is meant to mean (and no, a dictionary wouldn't help) - you'll have to make your insults much less regionally specific if you want them to really hit home.
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I guess one word that you are familiar with is narcissist!