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Word of the Day: Digress
Digress is a lovely, formal word for suddenly starting to discuss another topic in a conversation.
For instance, you may be talking with your friend about buying groceries and how the price of vegetables will increase because of all the damage Typhoon Lionrock caused in Hokkaido.
Yes, although Japan uses a numbering system to identify typhoons, all typhoons also have a word name.
Typhoon number 10 in 2016 was called Lionrock.
As far as I know, the names go in alphabetical order.
You digress when you suddenly find yourself discussing a topic unrelated to your main conversation.
As I was saying, you may be talking with your friend about…
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is an example of digressing and how to use it. It’s very similar to going off on a tangent.
From now on, if you suddenly find yourself talking about a topic unrelated to your main conversation, you know what you’re doing.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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