Ex-pertinent. Ex-pertinence. No longer capable of pertinence. A little mnemonic for you.
The word itself was "accidentally" chosen for the hint about its true meaning.
The French root simply means experienced. "Subject matter experienceds." It's good to experience Engrish so you know how you sound to a literate when you use strange foreign words. The word was chosen and popularized precisely because it makes you obliviously sound like a moron.
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New failcomment system also fails to publish my comments, it's not limited to yours. Keep trying, it will usually work, eventually.
Blogger deliberately trying to kill itself, I expect.
Captchas should be off. If it gives you one anyway, it's against my explicit instructions.