wikipedia is wholely made up by public hearsay. On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> I was checking definitions of "chimping" and Wikipedia claims it is and >> acronym: "Chimp is an acronym for CHeck IMage Preview." > > sounds like horseshit to me. (Does horseshit make a noise? whatever). I > reckon that's a back-formation that someone's come up with. Does wikipedia > provide any kind of evidence? > >> It also mentions >> the "ooh, ooh, ahh, ahhh" connection. I will continue to cite the latter. >> >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > New terminology might be a more appropriate phrase. This typically >> > includes current words given new meanings. There are very few totally >> > new words with a truly "short term" etymology. Even completely new >> > physical properties like those that arise in fundamental physics are >> > usually named with current words given new meanings, e.g., >> > strangeness. >> > >> > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:21 PM, paul stenquist >> <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Nov 4, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >>> paul stenquist wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> But it's not a new word, just a new usage. >> >>> >> >>> I believe the original question was a little poorly worded and what >> >>> was really intended was more like "What words have been added to >> >>> your vocabulary because of digital photography?" >> >>> >> >>> In other words, the words need not be new, but rather new to you, >> >>> and they need not be exclusive to digital photography as long as >> >>> digital photography was how you were introduced to them. >> >> >> >> Perhaps. But my answer would still be none, and the premise would be >> less interesting. >> >> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >>> PDML@pdml.net >> >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> PDML@pdml.net >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Steve Desjardins >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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