Egregious

Word of the Day Saturday, February 20, 2010

egregious

\ih-GREE-juhs\ , adjective;

1. Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

It had been a little social faux paus. He hadn't even thought a second thought about it at the time, it just seemed like the natural thing to do. Why not invite Derek along to the after party? It wasn't as if he was unknown in the social circles, he was probably more popular than Jaime himself, so he had figured he would be a welcome addition. Especially with Derek's bottomless pot supply. But boy had he been wrong.

It quickly became painfully apparent that he had committed and egregious blunder. They had walked into the house, large, a mansion with every light in the place blazing, packed with people. Yet as soon as they walked past the crowds would mute themselves for just a moment before they seemed to fold in like packets of origami in order to gossip a moment later. The silence a blip on the screen.

He just couldn't rationalize the anger towards Derek in his head, and since he couldn't understand it he had decided it didn't really matter and had gone on with his evening. He had gone about the rest of the evening flirting and drinking beers, clearly not fully comprehending how big of a deal his mistake really was, and the price he would most certainly pay for it.