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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread fixture #118596 01/01/2004 2:21 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Philip is in office and see a bulletin board with "football fixtures". fixture ['fýkstʃə] noun 1 an object firmly fixed in place, esp. a household appliance 2 a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position 3 (Property law) an article attached to land and regarded as part of it 4 a device to secure a workpiece in a machine tool 5 (Chiefly Brit)a a sports match or social occasion b the date of such an event 6 (rare) the act of fixing [ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: from Late Latin fixura a fastening (with -t- by analogy with mixture)] 'fixtureless adjective Apparently def.#5 fits Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fixture #118597 01/01/2004 2:56 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, would a 'fixtureless adjective' be one that added nothing to the modified noun? How interesting! In reply to: 2 a person or thing regarded as fixed in a particular place or position But that is my favorite of all these definitions for 'fixture' because it is fun associating people with objects somehow... Appeals to the Disney in me... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fixture #118598 01/01/2004 3:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: reminds me of patient whose baby my wife delivered. As soon as the umbilical cord had been clamped, my wife showed the baby to the mother and jokingly asked if he looked like his father. The patient, still a bit inebriated from the ether, said groggily: "He's got my features but his father's fixtures." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fixture #118599 01/01/2004 3:41 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Ha! Amazing to think that people's senses of humor and verbal agility are so quick, even after etherized delivery. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fixture #118600 01/01/2004 4:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 In vino veritas. 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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