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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 8913945" data-attributes="member: 87792">Regarding Grandiose and two of the meanings being positive, here are the definitions for <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nimrod" target="_blank">nimrod</a> from the Merriam-Webster dictionaryThat's two out of three that are positive or at worst neutral. But when someone is called a nimrod do you expect it to be positive?And going to the M-W it only has two definitions of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandiose" target="_blank">grandiose</a>:The first meaning is negative. The second is neutral and has overtones of arrogance at best in my experience. Depending on taste the second can be positive or negative.I'm not sure which dictionary you are using, but grandiose is not a term I expect to be positive, and neither does the MW - nor <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandiose" target="_blank">Wiktionary</a> which even manages to shade the 'positive' meaning in the quote chosen.I'm pretty sure Mercer wouldn't have used the word grandiose if he meant anything positive by it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 8913945, member: 87792"] Regarding Grandiose and two of the meanings being positive, here are the definitions for [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nimrod']nimrod[/URL] from the Merriam-Webster dictionary That's two out of three that are positive or at worst neutral. But when someone is called a nimrod do you expect it to be positive? And going to the M-W it only has two definitions of [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandiose']grandiose[/URL]: The first meaning is negative. The second is neutral and has overtones of arrogance at best in my experience. [I]Depending on taste[/I] the second can be positive or negative. I'm not sure which dictionary you are using, but grandiose is not a term I expect to be positive, and neither does the MW - nor [URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandiose']Wiktionary[/URL] which even manages to shade the 'positive' meaning in the quote chosen. I'm pretty sure Mercer wouldn't have used the word grandiose if he meant anything positive by it. [/QUOTE]

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