Why “vagarity” is a great word
The state or condition of being capriciously irregular or unpredictably variable. Formed within English by derivation from vagary (meaning "an erratic notion or action") + the noun-forming suffix -ity (denoting state or condition). Unlike "vagary," which denotes a specific whimsical act, or "whimsy," which suggests a playful charm, vagarity is the pervasive atmosphere of unpredictability itself—the barometric pressure that drops without warning, the friend who arrives early one week and vanishes the next, the stock market's refusal to honor any pattern. It is the quiet acknowledgment that inconsistency is the only constant, the world as an open road where even the footprints refuse to stay put.
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