Vice President?… VICE-PRESIDENT!!!

    Had my English for Interpretation class just now where the Prof chanced upon the word "Vice". Wanting to explain to us, she used an old series "Miami Vice" as an example. From what I got is that the word "Vice" means something immoral and a bad habit… Hmmm…

    Following my train of thoughts I went back and checked the meaning in the Internet since I’m in lacking of a good dictionary in university. Here are the meanings of the word "Vice" quoted from Dictionary.com…

vice1
            –noun
        1. an immoral or evil habit or practice.
        2. immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice.
        3. sexual immorality, esp. prostitution.
        4. a particular form of depravity.
        5. a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor vice in his literary style.
        6. a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity: a constitutional vice.
        7. a bad habit, as in a horse.
        8. (initial capital letter) a character in the English morality plays, a
           personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.

    Okay, here’s my train of thoughts… So… What about VICE-PRESIDENT then???

    If Vice = immoral.
    And President = a person who presides.
     Then Vice + President = IMMORAL LEADER???

    To my relief there’s another explanation for it… As I scroll down Dictionary.com I found another meaning (And it was almost at the end of the page!!!)…

vice- [vais]
        second in rank and acting as deputy for
        Example: the Vice-President; the vice-chairman

    I guess the dash in between the word does play a role after all! Though small and unnoticeable but it still has a significance… (Waahhh I sounded so philosophical here…)

    Here’s the moral of the day! It’s not advisable to use mathematics and words together!!! Hahaha… And also have a GOOD dictionary by your side always!!! Hahaha… (Hey that makes 2 morals for the day already… [A clash of my train of thoughts...])

P.S.: To all the Vice-Presidents out there who might chanced upon this entry… No
         offense ya… Just some enlightening thoughts… I know someone who’s gonna              get me for sure dy… But she’s in Terengganu now!!! Hee… I’ve escaped her
         wrath!!! Hey wait… what if she reads it when she’s back??? (Hence the clash of           the train of thoughts again…)

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