It's not an easy word to have hanging around in one's vocabulary. It's one of those words that you use and you wonder if you used it the right way, and even if you did, it's very easy to feel pretentious anyway. "Onus". What the hell?!

Plus there's the whole anus/onus thing. I just had to get that out there into the open because I know everyone was thinking it.

But anyway. When was the last time you used the word ONUS?

Never

It's pronounced ANUS down here. And I use it often--I work with idiots.





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Honestly, I use that word everyday at work.

bkw said:

Do they call you the Onus Guy?

Anxiety said:

They called me that, once!

o·nus ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ns)
n.
A difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity; a burden or obligation.

A stigma.
Blame.
The burden of proof: The onus was on the defense attorney.

Don't reckon I heard that one before... but thanks I'ma use it tomorrow and act all smart.

no, we don't have onuses in my line of work

How could u use that word WITHOUT automatically thinking of the other word
WITHOUT having a smirk.

My old boss used to say "The onus is on you to....blah blah blah" all the time. She's the only person I've ever heard use it.

i use that word all the time at work.



and i don't even think of 'anus' anymore.

gosh, i must be getting old.

Rarely. I grade my language.

Fauxie said:

Not enough for the Org. "Rarely" is bordering on being too difficult for this place.

retina said:

True.