Word of the Day - Mediocre

[Jace]

Mediocre - adj .

(Me de-o ker)

Def.: Moderate quality, common

The actor gave a mediocre performance.

 

[Kaila]

I was disappointed with the pie I ordered,
because instead of tasting as scrumptious as I remember from decades ago,
it was just mediocre.

 

[ohioboy]

The Okra was mediocre!

 

[Kaila]

The Okra was mediocre!

Most people seem to agree that okra is horrid,
though a few of us, myself included, love it!

But many who do eat it, relegate it to simply tolerable;

or as you say, they might call it just mediocre!

 

[Jace]

Years ago, I had a roommate..from Georgia...who loved it(okra)

Is it a 'southern thing'?

 

[Kaila]

Years ago, I had a roommate..from Georgia...who loved it(okra)

Is it a 'southern thing'?

I don't know; I am a Northerner.
But it is much easier to actually grow it, in a warm climate with long growing season, so you might be right, that perhaps it's more commonly eaten and popular in the South, for that reason!

Most people I've met, say they never tasted it, or did once and hated it, or that it was just mediocre!

 

[Jace]

Yes, we(our family growing up.. Northerners) never had it.
And, when Babs(roomie) made and wanted us-(other roommate) to try did not like

 

[Alligatorob]

My favorite mediocre quote was Nebraska Senator Hruska speaking in support of Nixon's Supreme Court Nominee Harrold Carswell:

"So what if he is mediocre? There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they? We can’t have all Brandeises, Cardozos, and Frankfurters and stuff like that there." March 1970

Shockingly, the speech failed to persuade; Carswell withdrew. And Senator Hruska has gone down as a great defender of the mediocre.

https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2009/03/on_this_day_in_1970_hruska_mak_1.html

 

[Ruthanne]

The pepper jack cheese I ate was mediocre .

 

[Kaila]

Yes, we(our family growing up.. Northerners) never had it.
And, when Babs(roomie) made and wanted us-(other roommate) to try did not like

Are you sure you actually tried enough of it, to taste it?

 

[Jace]

No, once was enough!

 

[Mizmo]

Seems everything in my life right now is mediocre

 

[Beezer]

"Bah! It's good enough!"

- Mediocretes