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Definitely interesting... but is anyone else finding some of these to be a stretch? "Fast" wasn't very convincing for me since the latter is part of an idiom. "

Definitely interesting... but is anyone else finding some of these to be a stretch? "Fast" wasn't very convincing for me since the latter is part of an idiom. "Moot" I'm just straight up disagreeing with.

luma 14y ago
I have no idea where they are getting an additional meaning for "moot". Perhaps they mean the admin of 4chan is worthy of discussion?
- schoen 14y ago
  I'd still recognize both meanings for the verb "moot": to propose something for discussion (to moot a proposal), or to render further consideration of something unnecessary (to moot a court case). My dictionary says that "moot" as an adjective also has both meetings, but I don't recognize the 'suitable for discussion, under consideration' meaning. Wiktionary says that that meaning is current in the U.K. and "dated" in the U.S.; I'd never heard it before.
- webmasterm 14y ago
  moot; adjective 1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point. 2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot I was confused about that too but this clarified it.
FigmentEngine 14y ago
Thus is common for most of these. They originally had one meaning, but were then corrupted by people misunderstanding them. For example "moot" originally referred to a meeting of a local (town) council http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/moot-point.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/moot-point.html
- recursive 14y ago
  It's happening to "literally" as we speak.
FredFredrickson 14y ago
After looking over the link, I agree. In most of these cases, it's not really comparing the words, but their usage. For example, when you say something is "fast" you can only mean that its speed is high. If you say it's "stuck fast", fast is being used as a modifier (? my grammar lingo is rusty) of "stuck", and not as the actual descriptor.
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luma 14y ago

I have no idea where they are getting an additional meaning for "moot". Perhaps they mean the admin of 4chan is worthy of discussion?

schoen 14y ago
I'd still recognize both meanings for the verb "moot": to propose something for discussion (to moot a proposal), or to render further consideration of something unnecessary (to moot a court case). My dictionary says that "moot" as an adjective also has both meetings, but I don't recognize the 'suitable for discussion, under consideration' meaning. Wiktionary says that that meaning is current in the U.K. and "dated" in the U.S.; I'd never heard it before.
webmasterm 14y ago
moot; adjective 1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: a moot point. 2. of little or no practical value or meaning; purely academic. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moot I was confused about that too but this clarified it.

FigmentEngine 14y ago

Thus is common for most of these. They originally had one meaning, but were then corrupted by people misunderstanding them. For example "moot" originally referred to a meeting of a local (town) council http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/moot-point.html http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/moot-point.html

recursive 14y ago
It's happening to "literally" as we speak.

FredFredrickson 14y ago

After looking over the link, I agree. In most of these cases, it's not really comparing the words, but their usage. For example, when you say something is "fast" you can only mean that its speed is high. If you say it's "stuck fast", fast is being used as a modifier (? my grammar lingo is rusty) of "stuck", and not as the actual descriptor.

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