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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:13 pm
by nightmare
WildBill wrote:How old does one have to be before considered to be "Elderly"?
Too old to rock and roll. Too young to die.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:13 pm
by jmra
WildBill 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"?
Maybe this will help

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

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:16 pm
by WildBill
jmra wrote:
WildBill 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"?
Maybe this will help

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
I am a grown-up mature adult of an older certain age. So I guess I could be considered "elderly". :cool:
nightmare wrote:Too old to rock and roll. Too young to die.
But, on the other hand. :anamatedbanana

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:55 pm
by kenobi
"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.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:43 pm
by MasterOfNone
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.
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."
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."

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:16 am
by gringo pistolero
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."
Where do you stand on "a long while" and should we while away the time if we're waiting a good long while?

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:14 pm
by Abraham
"On accident"

Hey knucklehead it's: "By accident"

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 1:15 pm
by WildBill
Abraham wrote:"On accident"

Hey knucklehead it's: "By accident"
:iagree: :iagree: :iagree: :iagree: :iagree:

"knucklehead" "rlol"

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:57 pm
by WildBill
What are your definitions of:

a couple

a few

several

some

many

hardly ever

all the time

never

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:42 pm
by MeMelYup
WildBill wrote:What are your definitions of:

a couple

a few

several

some

many

hardly ever

all the time

never
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.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:46 pm
by WildBill
MeMelYup wrote:
WildBill wrote:What are your definitions of:

a couple
a few
several
some
many
hardly ever
all the time
never
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.
:iagree: :smilelol5:

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:13 pm
by tbrown
"I took her for my wife."

OK but now I'm curious what your wife plans to do with her.

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:22 am
by Dragonfighter
gringo pistolero wrote:
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."
Where do you stand on "a long while" and should we while away the time if we're waiting a good long while?
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.

People should say, "In a few minutes," or even, "In a minute or two"

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:10 pm
by MasterOfNone
Dragonfighter wrote:
gringo pistolero wrote:
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."
Where do you stand on "a long while" and should we while away the time if we're waiting a good long while?
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.

People should say, "In a few minutes," or even, "In a minute or two"
You've cited one definition of "moment." But every dictionary I can find includes a definition similar to "a brief, indefinite interval of time."

Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 10:43 am
by bigbang
"most ricky-tick"

Am I the only one who pictures someone in 54" 5.11 pants when he hears that? :lol: