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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Didactic rock #128879 05/31/04 01:34 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I was surfing around and up came a banner ad: "Remember how much time you spent in school learning about the isosceles triangle, didactic rock... etc?" I lost the ad in my haste to google the latter term, so I can't tell you any more about it. My search obtained a mere seven hits which led to only two ideas: didactic rock gardens and didactic rock music (!?). Was the ad writer thinking of something else? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128880 05/31/04 03:19 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well, nothing comes up at allmusic.com, so I think someone's trying to be creative... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128881 05/31/04 03:38 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Well, I'm thinking "didactic rock" is some sort of geological term that someone got confused with something else. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128882 05/31/04 03:41 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont it actually could be a pretty good genre... maybe Schoolhouse Rock fits... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128883 05/31/04 05:19 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Probably best applicable to bands that churn out albums year after year, each sounding exactly like its predecessor ... ? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128884 05/31/04 07:08 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont wouldn't that be did'at rock? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128885 06/01/04 05:29 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland thinking of something else? It could be a teachers sigh facing a class who seem unable to "dig it". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Didactic rock #128886 06/01/04 01:22 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass diamond rock? detrital rock!? duck on a rock?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,373 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 166 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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