Today, I learnt the meaning of the phrase "ménage à trois". I had always thought it was synonymous with "fiasco" and have used it several times in essays. FML
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johobus28 26
As embarrassing as it was to learn the actual meaning, I have to agree with you guys. I probably should have looked up the actual meaning before using it. I can usually deduct the meaning of a word pretty well without googling it, but that evidently was not the case here. Fortunately, I never used it on major, college-acceptance essays or anything. Only minor high school assignments. I'll be sure to google a word before I use it next time! Thanks for my first FML guys
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MandieL 27
A ménage à trois (French for "household of three") is a domestic arrangement in which three people having romantic and/or sexual relations with each other occupy the same household. It is a form of polyamory.
Gaernem 17
Looks like all of those essays were a fiasco.
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amarie2009 22
You know there is something called "google" out there!
oliv34 11
thats what you get for putting something like that in an essay... you pompus twat
RexRocks 7
Ok but what's it actually mean
PikachuGod 10
A simple google search would have saved you the embarrassment.
fmldeej11 4
apparently you have more to "learnt"
ouijacorn 9
I'm sorry but YDI for not looking up a phrase before using it.
Saraishi 25
Oh innocent you, OP. How did no one ever correct you about your misuse of the phrase, after all those essays?
crabbygabby 15
Good one! Happens to the best of us OP.
mrp1019 13
so no one noticed: learnt? LEARNED looks like someone needs a dictonary...
Guitarbow87 0
Hahaha.. "Learnt"