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Word of the Day: Moot point
The term moot point is one of those tricky ones with two completely different meanings depending on the context of the situation.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out my entry for peruse, and you’ll see what I mean.
Anyway, a moot point can be an issue that hasn’t been decided and is up for debate or an issue that is unimportant because it is hypothetical (imagined).
Let’s look at our cut little cygnets (baby swans) in the picture.
These little guys are having a meeting about something.
Let’s listen in, shall we?
Swan: We are gathered here today to answer an important question. Why did the chicken cross the road?
Swanson: Who cares? We’re cygnets. It’s a moot point (unimportant).
Swanny: It’s the moot point (up for debate) of today’s meeting because we haven’t decided yet.
Swinset: I agree with Swanson. It’s a moot point (unimportant). Chickens don’t have the brainpower to think about us, so why should we waste ours thinking about them?
Swangle: Now that you mention it, which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Swanson: Oh, my God! That’s a whole different kettle of fish. I knew I should not have hatched this morning!
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 79.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.