[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law
Jerry Frost
akfrosty at mtaonline.net
Sun Apr 8 22:15:14 EDT 2012
Nicely expressed Phlip, reminds me of the news media, seems the only
adjective they can come up for really BIG is "Massive!"
Of course subjecting someone to condensation is easy if you have a good
frosty stare or tone of voice.
Jer
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> condensation [kon-den-sey-shuhn, -duhn-]
> Origin
> con·den·sa·tion [kon-den-sey-shuhn, -duhn-] Show IPA
> noun
> 1.
> the act of condensing; the state of being condensed.
> 2.
> the result of being made more compact or dense.
> 3.
> reduction of a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter or
> terser form; abridgment.
> 4.
> a condensed form: Did you read the whole book or just a condensation?
> 5.
> a condensed mass.
> EXPAND
> Origin:
> 1595–1605; < Late Latin condēnsātiōn- (stem of condēnsātiō ),
> equivalent to condēnsāt ( us ) condensate + -iōn- -ion
>
> Related forms
> con·den·sa·tion·al, adjective
> con·den·sa·tive, adjective
> non·con·den·sa·tion, noun
> o·ver·con·den·sa·tion, noun
> pre·con·den·sa·tion, noun
>
> Condescension
>
> con·de·scen·sion [kon-duh-sen-shuhn] Show IPA
> noun
> 1.
> an act or instance of condescending.
> 2.
> behavior that is patronizing or condescending.
> 3.
> voluntary assumption of equality with a person regarded as inferior.
> Origin:
> 1635–45; < Late Latin condēscēnsiōn- (stem of condēscēnsiō ). See
> con-, descension
>
> Related forms
> con·de·scen·sive [kon-duh-sen-siv] Show IPA, adjective
> con·de·scen·sive·ly, adverb
> non·con·de·scen·sion, noun
>
>
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