An Archive Of Utterances By A Man So Smart It Will Make Your Head Spin

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A partial list of words and phrases that
Lorne Armstrong does not understand:
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Analogy 
— Much like metaphors, Lorne simply cannot grasp the concept of one thing being used to represent something else for clarification

Antique
— Lorne thinks any item remotely old is an antique, and thus, worth money.

Anxious**
— I have to do this, and some won't like it, but Lorne is not completely incorrect with how he uses the word "anxious." The typical usage refers to feelings of worry or uneasiness, but it's perfectly acceptable to use anxious to mean 'eager' or 'earnestly wishing.' Saying, "I'm anxious to meet you," or "She was anxious to get started," does not have to imply feelings of apprehension or nervousness.

Backpedaling 
— Lorne thinks backpedaling is simply 'bringing up the past.'

Benefit-of-the-doubt

Biased
— Lorne thinks biased means 'unbiased.'

Coddling

Deviant

Devil's Advocate

Diagnosis

Evidence
— Lorne seems to think evidence is anything said against someone or something he dislikes, which he will always accept as truth.

Fetish
— Lorne seems to think it means to like something a lawt.

Flirting
— To Lorne, flirting can consist of making lame jokes, giggling like a schoolgirl, sharing awkwardly personal information, or simply sexual harrassing someone. It's all 'flirting' to him

Foe
— Lorne thinks a foe is a 'friend' or 'ally.'

Freedom-of-Speech

Hacked

Harassment
— This one depends on who is doing the harassing. Lorne can call someone over 30 times in one day and it's not harassment, but if a person mentions his name in a video (or blog!), that IS harassment.

Hate Group

Hypothetical

Ignorant
— Lorne thinks it means rude and mean.

Impress

Infamous

Interesting


Literally
— Lorne simply doesn't know what literally means, made evident by such statements as, "You were literally being a piece of shit today," or, "We were literally standing on the edge of goodbye."

Manipulate
— Lorne thinks manipulation is when a person says something to someone to turn them against someone else.

Media
— Lorne thinks of media "like social media .... the newsh."

Metaphor
— Lorne simply cannot grasp the concept. He takes metaphors literally, which is interesting because he also doesn't know what "literally" means.

Notoriety
— Lorne thinks it simply means "famous."

Pathetic/Pathetically

Prejudice
— He thinks that if he likes something, he's "prejudiced to it."

Priority

Project

Protecting


Proud
— Proud just means "happy with" to Lorne. 

Real
— It seems like Lorne uses the word 'real' when he actually means 'serious'

Rhyming
— He once said the words think and drink do not rhyme. When asked about it, he said only the I-N-K part rhyme.

Scapegoat

Selfish

Small-talk
— Lorne thinks small talk is how people get to know each other.

Staged
— Lorne calls the To Catcher A Predator sting 'staged' because a camera almost bumped his nose while trying to get a shot of his face

Statue
— A rubber or plastic mold of a body part counts as a statue, according to Lorne

Trigger

Vehicle
— Lorne thinks a vehicle only refers to a car or truck. 

Verify
— Just asking someone and getting any answer at all counts as 'verification' to Lorne

Voluntary

Vulva
— No clue. He has no clue.