Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:13 pm
Too old to rock and roll. Too young to die.WildBill wrote:How old does one have to be before considered to be "Elderly"?
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Too old to rock and roll. Too young to die.WildBill wrote:How old does one have to be before considered to be "Elderly"?
Maybe this will helpWildBill wrote:Elderly!
Elderly Woman Shoots Man Through the Door.
Cops Shoot Elderly Man with Walking Stick.
How old does one have to be before considered to be "Elderly"?
I am a grown-up mature adult of an older certain age. So I guess I could be considered "elderly".jmra wrote:Maybe this will helpWildBill wrote:Elderly!
Elderly Woman Shoots Man Through the Door.
Cops Shoot Elderly Man with Walking Stick.
How old does one have to be before considered to be "Elderly"?
Synonyms
aged, aging (or ageing), ancient, geriatric, long-lived, old, older, over-the-hill, senescent, senior, unyoung, long in the tooth, of a certain age
Antonyms
young, youthful
Related Words
centenarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, septuagenarian, sexagenarian; oldish; adult, grown-up, mature, middle-aged; pensioned, retired, superannuated; matriarchal, patriarchal, venerable; anile, decrepit, doddering, senile, spavined, tottery; overage (also overaged)n
But, on the other hand.nightmare wrote:Too old to rock and roll. Too young to die.
I have a coworker who uses "a minute" to mean a long time, as in "Why don't you come back after lunch? This is going to take a minute."kenobi wrote:"a moment"
I don't mind on the increasingly rare occasion when they mean a few seconds, but if it takes longer than a minute, I have news for you. The moment has passed.
Where do you stand on "a long while" and should we while away the time if we're waiting a good long while?MasterOfNone wrote:I often hear "a few moments." Since a moment is an indefinite, brief period of time, "a few moments" is still an indefinite, brief period of time. It's like saying "a few whiles."
Abraham wrote:"On accident"
Hey knucklehead it's: "By accident"
2. 7 to 11. more than a couple, but less than a few. a glass. a bunch. once in a while or seldom. Continually. Not at all.WildBill wrote:What are your definitions of:
a couple
a few
several
some
many
hardly ever
all the time
never
MeMelYup wrote:2. 7 to 11. more than a couple, but less than a few. a glass. a bunch. once in a while or seldom. Continually. Not at all.WildBill wrote:What are your definitions of:
a couple
a few
several
some
many
hardly ever
all the time
never
A moment is an infinitesimal period of time. The durable equivalent of a "point" on a line (line being infinite and a point being a demarcation in the continuum). Examples: "moment of inertia", "momentary duration" such as quarks are apt to be described as. There is no instantaneous existence but there can be (theoretically) momentary existence.gringo pistolero wrote:Where do you stand on "a long while" and should we while away the time if we're waiting a good long while?MasterOfNone wrote:I often hear "a few moments." Since a moment is an indefinite, brief period of time, "a few moments" is still an indefinite, brief period of time. It's like saying "a few whiles."
You've cited one definition of "moment." But every dictionary I can find includes a definition similar to "a brief, indefinite interval of time."Dragonfighter wrote:A moment is an infinitesimal period of time. The durable equivalent of a "point" on a line (line being infinite and a point being a demarcation in the continuum). Examples: "moment of inertia", "momentary duration" such as quarks are apt to be described as. There is no instantaneous existence but there can be (theoretically) momentary existence.gringo pistolero wrote:Where do you stand on "a long while" and should we while away the time if we're waiting a good long while?MasterOfNone wrote:I often hear "a few moments." Since a moment is an indefinite, brief period of time, "a few moments" is still an indefinite, brief period of time. It's like saying "a few whiles."
People should say, "In a few minutes," or even, "In a minute or two"