I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two people can agree. The word that I'm thinking of right now is genre, one of those French words, like crêpe, that no one can pronounce both correctly and without sounding pretentious.


Introduction to McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004)

Michael Chabon Quotes

I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two people can agree....

I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two people can agree....

I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two people can agree....

I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two people can agree....