When someone uses a word you don’t know, do you pretend and look it up later?

[sage2021]

[Sunrising]

All depends if the conversation is important or not.

I'm sure I can guess the meaning of a word with the way it's used in the context of the question, and I'll look the word up later.

If the conversation is important I would rather look stupid, and ask them to explain what they mean, rather than guess what they mean and have serious consequences for me.

[Sunrising]

Thank you for the MHO.

[sage2021]

@Sunrising
You're welcome! And thank you for participating in my question.🙂

[TonyMetal___86]

It happens rarely but yes i do look it up to know what it means so i be able to give a correct answer

[TonyMetal___86]

Thanks for thr mho

[sage2021]

@TonyMetal___86

You're so very welcome! 🙂

[Cyfris]

I usually look it up right then on the spot. I'm to excited and just have to know what i'm missing. The curiosity kills me. Maybe I was a cat in my last life is how i should have answered that question when it was asked the other day.

[Simslover92]

No I will usually say can you explain what you mean by that. I feel I'm too old to just be pretending I know something when I don't. I think you go a long way by doing that.

[Grond21]

I use to pretend. But just admitting I don't know is so much more freeing.

[exitseven]

Sometimes I look it up, most of the time I just fake it.

[AgentG111]

I ask what it means and then look it up to confirm it

[CaptainSmartass]

I ask what it means "in English" and then try and use it.

Simples...

[queenofcardio]

Sometimes I don't care to know depending on the conversation

[thegreenyogi]

No, I ask on the spot what it means.

[Sal_Monella]

sometimes I do

[Paige2006]

Yes I do

[Jeff51]

I do.