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Full Idea
Ordinary speakers are notoriously unsuccessful if asked to offer an explicit definition of the concept 'chair'.
Gist of Idea
Most people can't even define a chair
Source
Christopher Peacocke (A Study of Concepts [1992], 6.1)
Book Ref
Peacocke,Christopher: 'A Study of Concepts' [MIT 1999], p.149