not too bad

[agdhani.livejournal.com]

Got 2280 words today, squeaked a bit ahead so by the weekend I won't be too far behind. Eventually this draft will be finished.
backrose_17, good luck on Tuesday

Word of the Day 03/11/24 Mumpsimus

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Today was a long day. I started two new classes, forgot to call my mom, forgot to eat dinner, and put my client to bed an hour later than normal. *sighs*

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Mumpsimus (noun)
mumpsimus [ muhmp-suh-muhs ]

noun, plural mump·si·mus·es for 2.
1. adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus).

2. a person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice (opposed to sumpsimus).

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1520–30; from a story, perhaps originating with Erasmus, of an illiterate Catholic priest who, while saying the postcommunion prayer at Mass, said mumpsimus rather than sūmpsimus (1st-person plural perfect of Latin sūmere “to take, take up”): “Quod ōre sūmpsimus, Domine, pūrā mente capiāmus” (“What we have taken by mouth, O Lord, may we keep with a pure mind”) and refused to change the word when corrected; see consume

HOW TO USE MUMPSIMUS IN A SENTENCE
We are not going to change our old 'mumpsimus' for anybody's new 'sumpsimus.'
RES JUDICAT | AUGUSTINE BIRRELL

Sumpsimus, sump′si-mus, n. a correct expression displacing an incorrect but common one (see mumpsimus).
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS) | VARIOUS

On being remonstrated with, he retorted that “He would not leave his old mumpsimus for their new sumpsimus.”
ROBIN TREMAYNE | EMILY SARAH HOLT

mumpsimus, mump′si-mus, n. an error to which one clings after it has been thoroughly exposed.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 2 OF 4: E-M) | VARIOUS

Mr. Beckford called the beast, or reptile, a mumpsimus (sic).
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD | HENRY VENN LANSDOWN

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.