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I read this as interloper. What's an extraloper?

by throe23486 1y ago

exasperaited 1y ago
Opposite of "inter-" is "intra-". Intraloper, weirdly enough, is a word in use.
- djeastm 1y ago
  So we have also have the word "extra", but oddly the word "exter" is left out. I'm exter mad about that.
- jjk166 1y ago
  "inter-" means between, "intra-" means within, "extra-" means outside. "intra-" and "inter" aren't quite synonyms but they definitely aren't opposites of eachother.
  - exasperaited 1y ago
    Inter- implies relationships between entities, intra- implies relationships within entities. In any single sentence context they cannot refer to the same relationships, and that which they are not is precisely the domain of the other word: they are true antonyms.
    - jjk166 1y ago
      > and that which they are not is precisely the domain of the other word External relationships are a thing, which are in neither of those domains. An intramural activity is not the same thing as an intermural activity, but the overwhelming majority of activities which are not intramural activities are not intermural activities either, most are extramural activities.
      - exasperaited 1y ago
        > External relationships are a thing, which are in neither of those domains. They are a subset of inter-, pretty obviously.
shagie 1y ago
An interloper being someone who intrudes or meddles in a situation (inter "between or amid) + loper "to leap or run" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loper https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loper ), an extraloper would be someone who dances or leaps around the outside of a subject or meeting with similar annoyances.
- saltcured 1y ago
  Are you sure the extraloper doesn't just run away on tangents?
  - burnt-resistor 1y ago
    They run on secants towards the outside.
    - saltcured 1y ago
      Wouldn't that be an exloper? Edit: Geometrically, I agree an extraloper could run on secants (or radii) but they're not allowed to strike a chord. But getting back to generative text, I feel that "tangent" is more appropriate ;-)

I read this as interloper. What's an extraloper?

exasperaited 1y ago

Opposite of "inter-" is "intra-". Intraloper, weirdly enough, is a word in use.

djeastm 1y ago
So we have also have the word "extra", but oddly the word "exter" is left out. I'm exter mad about that.
jjk166 1y ago
"inter-" means between, "intra-" means within, "extra-" means outside. "intra-" and "inter" aren't quite synonyms but they definitely aren't opposites of eachother.
- exasperaited 1y ago
  Inter- implies relationships between entities, intra- implies relationships within entities. In any single sentence context they cannot refer to the same relationships, and that which they are not is precisely the domain of the other word: they are true antonyms.
  - jjk166 1y ago
    > and that which they are not is precisely the domain of the other word External relationships are a thing, which are in neither of those domains. An intramural activity is not the same thing as an intermural activity, but the overwhelming majority of activities which are not intramural activities are not intermural activities either, most are extramural activities.
    - exasperaited 1y ago
      > External relationships are a thing, which are in neither of those domains. They are a subset of inter-, pretty obviously.

shagie 1y ago

An interloper being someone who intrudes or meddles in a situation (inter "between or amid) + loper "to leap or run" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loper https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/loper ), an extraloper would be someone who dances or leaps around the outside of a subject or meeting with similar annoyances.

saltcured 1y ago
Are you sure the extraloper doesn't just run away on tangents?
- burnt-resistor 1y ago
  They run on secants towards the outside.
  - saltcured 1y ago
    Wouldn't that be an exloper? Edit: Geometrically, I agree an extraloper could run on secants (or radii) but they're not allowed to strike a chord. But getting back to generative text, I feel that "tangent" is more appropriate ;-)