A Brief Definition
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Not a technical or computer WTF, but I still found it amusing. I thought to look up the definition of sardonic on wikipedia. Wow, now I know exactly what it means!
(If you're curious, I think sardonic is like sarcastic, but without the humor.)
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This might be more what you're looking for...
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Or perhaps this.
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I don't understand. Were you redirected to this definition when you tried to find sardonic?
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This is pretty standard for dictionaries. Why do they need to redefine a root word every time you add a prefix or suffix? It's annoying, yes, but it's typical.
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Quick, someone change the definition of sardonic to "in a manner containing sardonicism"!
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@bobzilla said:
I don't see your problem with it. There's no way of knowing if a word is one which has a root or not. If you don't know what it means - which is presumably why you're looking it up in a dictionary - how can you tell whether words like 'solecism', 'dissent', 'unity' and so-on are derivatives or unique formations that coincidentally resemble pre- and suffixes.This is pretty standard for dictionaries. Why do they need to redefine a root word every time you add a prefix or suffix? It's annoying, yes, but it's typical.
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@davedavenotdavemaybedave said:
'solecism', 'dissent', 'unity'
Sol and dis I get, but un is a prefix! You're just makity-ing up wordities!
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So are sol- and dis-?
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I see this all the time in dictionaries. Generates more page views. From Wiktionary (you didn't actually mean Wikipedia?) that is a bit surprising though...
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@davedavenotdavemaybedave said:
There's no way of knowing if a word is one which has a root or not.
In the example it says the etymology is "sardonic + ism" which does give you the root of the word.
Most half-decent dictionaries have instructions at the front on how to use them.
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@lolwtf said:
I see this all the time in dictionaries. Generates more page views. From Wiktionary (you didn't actually mean Wikipedia?) that is a bit surprising though...
Not sure if you knew this or not, but Wiktionary is a siter project of Wikipedia. There's like 15+ wikis related to Wikipedia (because having them all in one site is a bad thing apparently)
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@davedavenotdavemaybedave said:
@bobzilla said:
I don't see your problem with it. There's no way of knowing if a word is one which has a root or not. If you don't know what it means - which is presumably why you're looking it up in a dictionary - how can you tell whether words like 'solecism', 'dissent', 'unity' and so-on are derivatives or unique formations that coincidentally resemble pre- and suffixes.This is pretty standard for dictionaries. Why do they need to redefine a root word every time you add a prefix or suffix? It's annoying, yes, but it's typical.
Clearly dissent (dis-sent) means to refuse to send something. For example, if I refuse to mail a letter to my mother if she's too lazy to use the phone or email..
solecism (sol-ec-ism) is the study of ec in our planetary system.
unity (un-ity) is the opposite of ity. One assumes this applies to all types of ity and not just the more common types like city (c-ity).
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@powerlord said:
solecism (sol-ec-ism) is the study of ec in our planetary system.
Bullshit.
solecism is the sociopolitical conviction of solar Ec.
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@dhromed said:
@powerlord said:
solecism (sol-ec-ism) is the study of ec in our planetary system.
Bullshit.
solecism is the sociopolitical conviction of solar Ec.
You're right, I was thinking solecology for some reason. I blame lack of coffee yesterday.
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Where did that mug go? Did I already give it to you?
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@DCRoss said:
Or perhaps this.
Anyone else notice that the results change a bit if you, er, "recurse" it a dozen times or so?
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@joemck said:
@DCRoss said:
Anyone else notice that the results change a bit if you, er, "recurse" it a dozen times or so?Or perhaps this.
Is that a troll? Because if so, well done. I clicked 30-ish times and no changes happened. :(
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@Sutherlands said:
@joemck said:
@DCRoss said:
Anyone else notice that the results change a bit if you, er, "recurse" it a dozen times or so?Or perhaps this.
Is that a troll? Because if so, well done. I clicked 30-ish times and no changes happened. :(
Google uses Map-Reduce. The results depend on whatever the first X servers happened to return... it's not guaranteed to be an identical resultset every time.
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@dhromed said:
solecism is the sociopolitical conviction of solar Ec.
You're both wrong.
sole·c·ism (/səʊl·si:·ɪzəm/)
1. A group of any social and political philosophies, whose -ism contains a single C. The original term referred specifically to communism, masochism and careerism.
2. Criticism of a musical work that lacks variety.
3. The act of describing a whole group as posessing the same (often negative) trait, despite it only being true for certain members of the group.
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@Faxmachinen said:
You're both wrong.
sole·c·ism (/səʊl·si:·ɪzəm/)
1. A group of any social and political philosophies, whose -ism contains a single C. The original term referred specifically to communism, masochism and careerism.
2. Criticism of a musical work that lacks variety.
3. The act of describing a whole group as posessing the same (often negative) trait, despite it only being true for certain members of the group.+1
