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Narrator: Today's word is "Notorious" — adjective, pronounced /nəʊˈtɔːriəs/, with the stress on "tor".
Narrator: Notorious means famous for something bad.
Narrator: In plain English, known for the wrong reasons.
Narrator: It comes from Latin notorius, well known.
Narrator: A common collocation is "notorious for", which describes the bad thing known.
Narrator: It differs from "famous", because notorious is always negative.
Narrator: In a second sense, it can be jokey, as in notorious for being late.
Narrator: Journalism, crime, history and everyday talk use the word.
Narrator: So remember: notorious means infamous.
Speaker A: Why avoid that road?
Speaker B: It's NOTORIOUS for potholes! From Latin notorius.
Speaker A: That bad?
Speaker B: Tyre-bursting bad.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "A notorious criminal", crime. "The junction is notorious for accidents", driving. "He's notorious for being late", friends.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not use notorious as praise.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Infamous is its twin, disreputable its cousin, and legendary an alternative — yet notorious keeps its wicked charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "notorious" in AI prompts — useful for debugging and travel.
Speaker A: How for debugging?
Speaker B: Known issues.
Prompt: List bugs notorious in date and time handling in JavaScript.
Speaker A: And travel?
Speaker B: Warnings.
Prompt: List roads in this route notorious for traffic at rush hour.
Speaker A: Could it help writing?
Speaker B: Yes, for tone.
Prompt: Replace notorious with famous where the meaning is positive.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Security.
Prompt: Explain the most notorious password mistakes and how to avoid them.
Notorious — meaning in Arabic & definition More N courses GL Dictionary