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An ex co-worker was partially obsessed with the topic of joining mensa. He used to bring it up in conversation all the time, mostly about how close he was to g
by alanthonyc 17y ago
An ex co-worker was partially obsessed with the topic of joining mensa. He used to bring it up in conversation all the time, mostly about how close he was to getting in and how much he wanted to get in.
One day, the director of the company for whom we worked heard us talking about it. She said, "You know what mensa means, right?" She's a native Spanish speaker.
My co-worker never brought it up again after that.
EDIT: Aw, c'mon...googling the definition is half the fun. ;)
- madars 17y agoFor those who don't know Spanish: http://www.merriam-webster.com/spanish/mensa http://www.merriam-webster.com/spanish/mensa
- vijayr 17y agoaaaaaw, what an irony :-)
- diego 17y agoBTW, that's Mexican slang. For most Spanish speakers outside of Mexico mensa has no meaning.
- hailxenu 17y agoAt least here in Chile, when somebody calls you 'menso' it is understood that you are being called dumb. But it's connotation isn't too negative, it's rather familiar and cutesy, probably because we got it from El Chavo del ocho :)