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> I hope to disimbue anyone of the notion that Postgres is an inferior queue technology. I offer this correction to the author: it is "disabuse" not "disimbue"

• mlyle 3y ago
  Disimbue is also a word with an appropriate meaning-- even if it's archaic (and no longer appears in most dictionaries) and pretentious.
  • xpe 3y ago
    No, I won't believe it until I see evidence. Did you find it in a credible source? Which one(s)? I've found nothing credible in Merriam Webster, Etymology Online, nor _any_ other I've searched. There is at least one low-quality ad-serving site that credits ChatGPT with a definition. I'm happy to be enlightened.
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    • mlyle 3y ago
      e.g. Fallow's 1898 dictionary of synonyms and antonyms: https://imgur.com/a/65yLkw7 https://imgur.com/a/65yLkw7 https://archive.org/download/completedictiona00falluoft https://archive.org/download/completedictiona00falluoft There's many uses in British literature of the 1800's, and a whole lot of uses in academic literature of the 70's to 80's. https://i.imgur.com/BhMv2nF.png https://i.imgur.com/BhMv2nF.png "Disabuse" would fit into many of these slots, but not all. Only common use now is RPG jargon; imbuing something with an attribute is something role playing nerds talk about, and it really needs an antonym.
      • xpe 3y ago
        Wow. Thanks!