[Peeve] Unique

[cmhbob]

:banghead: OK, how hard can this be? Unique means "one of a kind." It's a binary thing, like being pregnant. You are, or you're not. There's not an in-between phase. Either a thing is unique, or it's not. Either there's only one of them, or there's not.

There are not degrees of uniqueness. Something can't be "rather unique," or "really unique," or even "quite unique." :yougottabekidding:

Things can be "almost unique," indicating rarity. I'd even go along with "seemingly unique."

Thank you for your support.

[Violet1966]

Your peeve over the mis-use of unique, is very unique! ;) *running*

[Fiona]

I mentioned this here once upon a time ago. It's been grating on my nerves at least since early 1982. Drove hubby#1 nutso too.

[cmhbob]

You better be careful, or I'll nique up on you!