Stan Shebs wrote:
Yup, "college junior" pretty much sums it up. He's actually better than average, almost knows how to use four-syllable words (five syllables are for seniors).
He knows how to use a thesaurus, we have to give him credit for that. A dictionary is probably a bit much for him though. From WordNet:
sapient adj : acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious]
So "barely-sapient" doesn't quite make sense, it's more like "barely clever" than "barely sentient", which is probably what he meant.
Justin wrote:
Don't fret it much. I don't think there's ever been a student newspaper that wasn't filled with whining students.
My tone wasn't clear in my first post. I'm not fretting, I think it's amusing. Just returning sarcasm with a bit of sarcasm of my own.
-- Tim Starling