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Today's expression is pathetic.

Something is pathetic.

Someone is pathetic. Now yesterday's word was poor. P-O-O-O-R. Do you remember the definition we talked about? We focused on helpless. And if you look in the dictionary, sometimes the word poor says that the meaning

is similar to pathetic. And sometimes pathetic says the meaning is similar to poor. Well, yes,

perhaps in some situations. However, in general, when Americans use these two words, they really have different meanings.

Poor is helpless.

Oh, so sad.

Pathetic P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C is something that's terrible.

It's inept.

It has no skill.

It has no reason for being.

This is pathetic.

This is terrible.

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