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You'll never be the philosopher. Sigh.
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Good, that one is worth thinking about. What do you suggest for tablecloth? when I host our monthly poker game, we take off the tablecloth and use the underlying table pad as our playing surface. it prevents damage to the wood and provides a nice sliding surface for cards and coins. there, a relative opposite for tablecloth.
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on a related note, the relative opposite of Faldage's findom is findal, about which..
findal obs. a. Invention. b. That which is found (cf. Da. findelse)
(oh drat.. should have saved that for hogwash®)
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should have saved that for hogwash®) Nah; too close: an invention is something that is found.
Re: your opening post -- couldn't there be some instances where the second and fourth kinds are one and the same? Ex:
Q: Do you like corn?
A1: No, I hate corn.
A2: Yes, I like corn.
If that's not a good example, are there better ones?
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You'll never be the philosopher. Sigh. now, now, there's no reason to insult me! :¬ )
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Ahwell, Socrates wasn't handsome and he could not sing.
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You'll never be the philosopher. Sigh. now, now, there's no reason to insult me! :¬ ) What?! I would say it's just the opposite.
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This site on "opposites" seems like a good place to ask:
a poster on another site asks:
"I'm looking for the word that means the part of the object
which is the same shape, only in miniature. Or conversely,the larger object giving off miniature shapes of itself."
Anyone got any idea what this person is looking for?? What word?
----please, draw me a sheep----
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This site on "opposites" seems like a good place to ask:
a poster on another site asks:
"I'm looking for the word that means the part of the object
which is the same shape, only in miniature. Or conversely,the larger object giving off miniature shapes of itself."
Anyone got any idea what this person is looking for?? What word?
actually, I would start a new thread. but maybe something about fractal, or recursion, or another word that isn't coming to me at the moment...
formerly known as etaoin...
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Enlargement or diminution , would that not be enough? They are opposites but don't ask me in which category. I guess relative again.
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