Um... do I have some sort of amnesia?

[kiku007]

Ok how weird is this? I was reading my post from my birthday (the last time I was on lj) and I used the word "erstwhile" in a sentence. Not odd in and of itself, but as I was sitting here reading the post I realized I did not know exactly what that word means

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[citrus_lunchbox]

I find you don't always have to know the full meaning of the word to be able to use it in an otherwise well formed sentence. Maybe thats not always for the best...but if someone else used those words during that week a few times or something like that it was just stuck in your head.

Or....you have amnesia. Who am I again? :D

[twinspeed]

erstwhile (adj.) - whatever

[insomni_matt]

Hey man, erstwhile.

I just went on the Grammar Police's Most Wanted list.