Mug Meticulosity

Mug Meticulosity
What's the deal? This mug from Starbucks' <i>Akeelah and the Bee</i> promotion lists &quot;meticulosity&quot; as an adjective -- but then directly contradicts itself by saying it is &quot;extreme attention to detail.&quot; An adjective (<i>meticulous</i>) would be defined as &quot;extreme<b>ly attentive</b> to detail.&quot; It was my linguist friend Renee whose meticulosity first picked this up, but I was pedantic enough to look the word up. The Random House Unabridged, American Heritage Unabridged, and Word-Net all list &quot;meticulosity&quot; as a noun, interchangeable with &quot;meticulousness.&quot; Someone at Starbucks was either lacking in meticulosity or abounding with dry wit.

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