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04-26-2009, 11:15 AM | #1091 |
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04-26-2009, 05:34 PM | #1092 |
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Redacted, what a curious word... can one actually "dact" an item inorder to redact it?
See, that's how you throw a thread off topic kids. It's funny, I was going to use that as a "Thoughts by Hobart" but then Hellion gave me the best segue. |
04-27-2009, 04:50 AM | #1093 |
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well, according to my sources, the root is from the word dactyl, which means "a metrical foot." So it follows that you redact something when you say something embarrassing, ie: when you have put your metrical foot in your mouth. Though, the "re" prefix does often mean "do again," which would make things worse. So shouldn't you "disdact" it?
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04-27-2009, 10:39 AM | #1094 |
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Yeah, I kinda figured there'd be something to do with metacarpals or metatarsals. Although I suppose it could be some play on the idea of retracting a statement...
Still I'd've gone with "disdact", or at the very least "undact". We should file a formal complaint with Webster's. |
04-27-2009, 07:37 PM | #1095 |
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Yeah, I kinda figured there'd be something to do with metacarpals or metatarsals. Although I suppose it could be some play on the idea of retracting a statement...
Still I'd've gone with "disdact", or at the very least "undact". We should file a formal complaint with Webster's.
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04-27-2009, 09:02 PM | #1096 |
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I don't know, best I recall, he was a pretty sharp little kid in the show. I mean, he did discover that hidden passage in their new house and master the art of tap despite his shortcomings... ... yeah.
I wouldn't put it past him to mess with our daily diction in some sinister plot to take revenge on a world that favored a televised rivals "Watchoo talkin' 'bout Willis?" |
04-28-2009, 07:52 AM | #1097 |
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I always get those two confused.
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04-28-2009, 08:30 AM | #1098 |
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Dactyl means finger, not foot, right? As in pterodactyl, wing finger? Assuming we've even correctly identified the root, it might mean something more akin to "take finger to it" or"take hand to it", in short, edit it.
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04-28-2009, 08:33 AM | #1099 |
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**WINNER**WINNER**
Most ridiculous thread EVER!!! |
04-28-2009, 12:33 PM | #1100 |
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Well, it's fingers or toes... so any phalanges will do. Which is interesting in itself as the word phalanges seems to have it's root in phalanx.
Ridiculous, maybe... educational, certainly. |
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