Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 19, 2012
October 18, 2012
October 20, 2012
Transcript:
Mrs. Olsen: Caulfield. Your vocabulary test... You crossed out several of the words. Cauflield: Right. I didn't know them, so I replaced them with ones I did know. I got scolded for being proactive. Frazz: Proactive is an impressive word.
I didn’t notice that he was asserting that the ‘pro’ in ‘proactive’ is the opposite of ‘anti’. Open that dictionary of yours and look up ‘paronomasia’.