Word for the Day

We kind of enjoyed Yahoo’s word for the day yesterday:

Presumptuous

DEFINITION: (adjective) going beyond the limits of courtesy or appropriateness

EXAMPLE: The senator winced when the presumptuous young staffer addressed him as “Chuck.”

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