Enormity
The word for the day is enormity. Many think it is a synonym for large. It isn't.
Enormity means "an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act." Among the Merriam-Webster definitions, enormity "regularly denotes a considerable departure from the expected or normal."
Enormity is the word for what happened at Virginia Tech yesterday.
Today's Roanoke Times proclaimed: "Massacre on Campus" and "Worst shooting in US history."
I still cannot comprehend the enormity of what happened.
Enormity means "an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act." Among the Merriam-Webster definitions, enormity "regularly denotes a considerable departure from the expected or normal."
Enormity is the word for what happened at Virginia Tech yesterday.
Today's Roanoke Times proclaimed: "Massacre on Campus" and "Worst shooting in US history."
I still cannot comprehend the enormity of what happened.
Labels: history
posted by Becky Mushko | 6:02 PM
3 Comments:
It's like 911. Another day that I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard. It's enormously sad.
Debi
A great reflection on the tragic events, the enormity of which are yet to be experienced in full...
it's still hard to comprehend, that something so tragic could happen in our quiet little Blacksburg.
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