As an example of illusion of transparency: On first reading, I interpretred your phrase ‘highly-trustworthy-looking site’ as sarcastic. Since it’s a Webster’s site, I’m going to guess that you were not intending to be sarcastic?
I think I did mean to be sarcastic, since it doesn’t seem to be actually affiliated with the publishers of Webster’s dictionary and the design of the site looks generally sketchy, but coming back to my comment now, you make a good point.
Ok, thanks for clarifying. It actually makes a lot more sense for you to be sarcastic and I read it that way at first. I only got confused once I started considering the non-sarcastic possibility.
The name Webster’s Dictionary may refer to any of the line of dictionaries
first developed by Noah Webster in the early 19th century, and also to
numerous unrelated dictionaries that added Webster’s name just to share his
prestige.
As an example of illusion of transparency: On first reading, I interpretred your phrase ‘highly-trustworthy-looking site’ as sarcastic. Since it’s a Webster’s site, I’m going to guess that you were not intending to be sarcastic?
I think I did mean to be sarcastic, since it doesn’t seem to be actually affiliated with the publishers of Webster’s dictionary and the design of the site looks generally sketchy, but coming back to my comment now, you make a good point.
Ok, thanks for clarifying. It actually makes a lot more sense for you to be sarcastic and I read it that way at first. I only got confused once I started considering the non-sarcastic possibility.
-- Wikipedia
Ah, good to know.