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you mean conspicuous - inconspicuous means "not clearly visible or attracting attention".
by stoolpigeon 13y ago
you mean conspicuous - inconspicuous means "not clearly visible or attracting attention".
- rdl 13y agoI thought he was being ironic. "I want x to be subtle in the way that a shotgun to the face is subtle" i.e. not subtle at all.
- dredmorbius 13y agoI suspect this was ironic understatement. E.g., "As subtle as a roundhouse kick to the head."
- thaumasiotes 13y agoI had exactly the same thought as rdl. "Inconspicuous" means "easily overlooked", but obviously "inconspicuous in the same way that football jersey numbers are inconspicuous" means "as easily overlooked as the number on a football jersey". There's no usage error there, just laudably vivid imagery.