ESquared,
Should I not have said what I did?
Why not? Personally, I have no problem with that. It's just that what kind of situation you were talking about?
If you don't know what it means but want to know, you can always find ways, right? Say, by looking up using a wildcard, by browsing a dictionary/encyclopedia, or by asking "I cannot find anything at all on 'phyrric' (or 'devil's advocate', for that matter). Can it it be that I misspell it?".
If you want to explain it to someone, hopefully you first make sure that you get it right yourself (see above).
If you just using it without understanding, not knowing the right spelling, and not wanting to know, than nothing can help.
And last, there was nothing wrong in asking for the meaning, or to rephrase the known meaning - it's not what I meant. I'm just surprised that no one at all - on this forum - reached for the dictionary to check the meaning.
Should I not have said what I did?