Word of the Day
Ratiocination (n)
The process of exact thinking or a reasoned train of thought
"...I doubt he knew of its existence. Ratiocination it was. He was quite intrigued with ratiocination."
"What?" Mike asked.
"The process of deductive reasoning. Old hat to you and Mr. Wallace, perhaps, but when Poe wrote his first tale of ratiocination--'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'--the word 'detective' had not yet been used in the English language."
--Linda Fairstein, Entombed
It's annoying when authors create stupid characters who say "What?" simply to allow the protagonist to explain some obscure word or concept. These Dr. Watson characters are stand-ins for the reader, of course. I suppose they're a necessary evil in mystery stories.
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