That is officially the funniest thing I've read all day.
I went and looked Obsidian up, and the whole word is a mistake from the start. Merriam-Webster says:
Etymology: New Latin obsidianus, from Latin obsidianus lapis, false manuscript reading for obsianus lapis, literally, stone of Obsius, from Obsius, its supposed discoverer.
So we should all have been using "obsian" anyway, but somebody copied it out wrong a thousand years ago.
Please make "obsious/obvious" jokes. I'm too tired.
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That is officially the funniest thing I've read all day.
I went and looked Obsidian up, and the whole word is a mistake from the start. Merriam-Webster says:
Etymology: New Latin obsidianus, from Latin obsidianus lapis, false manuscript reading for obsianus lapis, literally, stone of Obsius, from Obsius, its supposed discoverer.
So we should all have been using "obsian" anyway, but somebody copied it out wrong a thousand years ago.
Please make "obsious/obvious" jokes. I'm too tired.