Esoteric word of the day: “quotidian”

I’ve always enjoyed odd coincidences, such as this one today in the WSJ.

How often do you see “quotidian” in a newspaper? Not, um, every day, I would think.

But today, it was in two pieces, right next to each other, on the same page of The Wall Street Journal. This piece, and this one.

If I were the main character in “Rubicon,” or John Nash, the schizophrenic genius that “A Beautiful Mind” was about, I’d attach significance to this double occurrence.

But instead, I just enjoyed it.

4 thoughts on “Esoteric word of the day: “quotidian””

Greg Jones July 27, 2011 at 9:56 am

I miss Rubicon. Smart television.

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Brad July 27, 2011 at 10:18 am

Yes, it was — until the last episode or two. There were a lot of plot twists that did NOT work, and they left it hanging there.

I think that last episode killed the series, which is a shame, because I did enjoy most of it.

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Brad July 28, 2011 at 4:14 pm

… as everyday words go…

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Burl Burlingame July 28, 2011 at 3:18 pm

It’s an average, everyday word.

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