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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread greyed out #146835 08/24/2005 11:00 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin As in... "Some toolbar buttons are greyed out and not clickable" ...any comments on this usage? Is it 'fine' as a verbal phrase and as the adjective 'greyed-out'? I assume it is fairly new and only used in computing circles. And a useless bit of information on the gray/grey topic: In HTML and CSS all grays are named somethinggray except lightgrey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_(color) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted greyed out belligerentyouth 08/24/2005 11:00 AM Re: greyed out Elizabeth Creith 08/24/2005 12:01 PM Re: greyed out of troy 08/24/2005 12:38 PM Re: greyed out inselpeter 08/24/2005 2:43 PM Re: rasp of coastal squall Buffalo Shrdlu 08/24/2005 2:49 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic belMarduk 08/24/2005 3:04 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic inselpeter 08/24/2005 3:28 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic consuelo 08/25/2005 5:44 AM Re: greyed out - back to the topic belMarduk 08/25/2005 11:49 PM Re: greyed out - back to the topic Vernon Compton 08/26/2005 12:04 AM Re: greyed out - back to the topic inselpeter 08/26/2005 2:36 AM Re: greyed out - back to the topic wofahulicodoc 08/26/2005 12:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,286 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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