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#1 Nov 19 2013 at 11:02 AM Rating: Excellent
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I guess I'd heard the word used in it's new context - probably on tv or something. I didn't think it that popular.

Some other new words of note...
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The term beat other buzzwords including “twerk,” the sexually provocative dance move that got a huge boost in usage thanks to an attention-grabbing performance by pop star Miley Cyrus; “showrooming,” the practice of visiting a shop to look at a product before buying it online at a lower price; and “Bitcoin,” the digital currency that gained widespread media attention.


I bet batcoins gets more hits on this site than bitcoins.

What should be Zam's Word of the Year?
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#3 Nov 19 2013 at 11:08 AM Rating: Excellent
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I like 'xbone'.
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I suppose this is how dictionaries try to remind people that there's still dictionaries.
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I have a small collection of old dictionaries. I keep the Oxford Universal Dictionary as proof that Elne is a actual word meaning Strength, Courage and some time in OE (ellen) zeal.
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This Post is written in Elnese, If it was an actual Post, it would make sense.
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I suppose this is how dictionaries try to remind people that there's still dictionaries.


Well when you Google a word it has to link to something.
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IDrownFish of the Seven Seas wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
I suppose this is how dictionaries try to remind people that there's still dictionaries.


Well when you Google a word it has to link to something.

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#9 Nov 20 2013 at 2:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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Elinda wrote:


What should be Zam's Word of the Year?


It's still Twunt.
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Nobby wrote:
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What should be Zam's Word of the Year?


It's still Twunt.

Could your provide a definition and use it in a sentence.

I'm personally interested in the difference between a twunt and a cnut?
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Jophiel wrote:
I suppose this is how dictionaries try to remind people that there's still dictionaries.
Dictionaries: For qhen spellcheck doesn't work.

And now we play the waiting game.
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#15 Nov 20 2013 at 3:20 PM Rating: Default
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Jophiel wrote:
I suppose this is how dictionaries try to remind people that there's still dictionaries.


I actually use on line dictionaries all of the time. I use google for spell check because I suck at spelling and no matter how bad the variation of the word that I use, most of the time, the real word will come up. That isn't so true in dictionaries.
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#16 Nov 20 2013 at 3:36 PM Rating: Excellent
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I actually use on line dictionaries all of the time.
Have you tried looking up concise yet?
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I actually use on line dictionaries all of the time.
Have you tried looking up concise yet?


I honestly don't think you know what the word means. Concise, in this case, isn't defined by the number of words.
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Almalieque wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
I actually use on line dictionaries all of the time.
Have you tried looking up concise yet?


I honestly don't think you know what the word means. Concise, in this case, isn't defined by the number of words.

con·cise
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giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

I'd say concise means EXACTLY that.
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Almalieque wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
I actually use on line dictionaries all of the time.
Have you tried looking up concise yet?


I honestly don't think you know what the word means. Concise, in this case, isn't defined by the number of words.

con·cise
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giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

I'd say concise means EXACTLY that.
Yes, but you're wrong since it doesn't mean what Alma feels it means.
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#20 Nov 20 2013 at 4:15 PM Rating: Decent
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con·cise
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giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

I'd say concise means EXACTLY that.


Come on man.. You have to know me well enough by now to know that I would have looked up the word before making that post! I did just post that I use dictionaries all of the time by the way..

Since, you bit, let's go.

That definition does not contradict my point, but I'll use another definition that will explain my clarification better in less words. see what I did just there.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concise wrote:
: marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail <a concise report> <a concise definition>



Being concise isn't marked by a NUMBER of words, but the ability to say more with less. A 20 page report can be just as concise as a 2 liner if they both maximized the information said with the least amount of words. The take away, which you and Aethien are overlooking is that not everything can be explained in three sentences. As a result, not everything that is longer than three sentences (or whatever your reading limitation is) violates the concise principle.


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#21 Nov 20 2013 at 6:37 PM Rating: Good
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As a result, not everything that is longer than three sentences...


is posted by you and Gbaji. But I'd venture a good 90% of it is. What does that tell you?
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#22 Nov 20 2013 at 6:58 PM Rating: Decent
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BrownDuck wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
As a result, not everything that is longer than three sentences...


is posted by you and Gbaji. But I'd venture a good 90% of it is. What does that tell you?


I can't speak for Alma, but in my case it means that I provide 10 times more information in my posts. Smiley: tongue
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BrownDuck wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
As a result, not everything that is longer than three sentences...


is posted by you and Gbaji. But I'd venture a good 90% of it is. What does that tell you?


You would have to provide an example to get the best answer, but it can mean a lot of things.

Most of the comments are insults, questions, "you're wrong", etc., with no explanation. There is a difference between short and concise. Having short posts don't translate into value added posts. I use many techniques to reduce post lengths, i.e., combining quotes, "see above", "post x", etc., I even got banned *partially* for multi-posting short posts and was told to edit it all in one post. Admittedly, I have been verbose in the past, but those techniques are in place to combat that habit.
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#24 Nov 21 2013 at 6:49 AM Rating: Good
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Still waiting on one of your value added posts. Unless the value added is someone to mock, in which case you sir, are quite excellent at adding value.
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#25 Nov 21 2013 at 11:59 AM Rating: Excellent
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gbaji wrote:
I can't speak for Alma, but in my case it means that I provide 10 times more information words in my posts. Smiley: tongue

The amount of useful information provided doesn't appear to be as linear.
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#26Almalieque, Posted: Nov 21 2013 at 3:57 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Just in this thread, I clarified the definition of "concise" and demonstrated how "short" is not the same thing as "concise". This was the thought of some and I corrected it. Value added.
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