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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Radical #43895 10/06/2001 10:21 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA Geoff old hand Geoff old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA I'm puzzled by the subject word, which seems to have undergone a, um, er, radical shift in meaning. Since it comes from the Latin word for "root," why do we refer to those who go out on a limb as radicals? Has its mathematical meaning changed in times past, or just its common usage? Radical: tuber or not tuber, that is the question.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Radical Geoff 10/06/2001 10:21 PM Re: Radical tsuwm 10/07/2001 1:52 AM Re: Radical Jackie 10/07/2001 3:12 AM Re: Radical Capital Kiwi 10/07/2001 3:50 AM Re: Radical Jackie 10/07/2001 4:11 AM Re: Radical wwh 10/07/2001 12:35 PM Re: Radical plutarch 10/13/2001 12:14 AM Re: Radical Rapunzel 10/13/2001 11:03 PM Re: Radical xara 10/07/2001 5:04 PM crackpots , lunatics, and other in(s)anities wofahulicodoc 10/08/2001 8:18 PM Re: crackpots , lunatics, and other in(s)anities Bean 10/09/2001 11:40 AM Crackpot Sparteye 10/12/2001 11:19 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/12/2001 11:48 PM Re: Crackpotamus Geoff 10/13/2001 12:15 AM "Stranger" in the dark plutarch 10/13/2001 12:23 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/13/2001 12:46 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Keiva 10/13/2001 3:09 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/13/2001 3:51 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Capital Kiwi 10/13/2001 6:42 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark wwh 10/13/2001 1:41 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/13/2001 10:23 PM Re: "Stranger" than ever, in the dark Geoff 10/13/2001 10:54 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 3:54 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Jackie 10/14/2001 1:29 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark of troy 10/14/2001 2:59 AM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 3:51 AM Re: special characters Keiva 10/14/2001 12:50 PM Re: special characters of troy 10/14/2001 3:59 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 7:53 PM Re: special characters Keiva 10/14/2001 8:07 PM I couldn't find the schma symbol. TEd Remington 10/15/2001 4:28 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/14/2001 5:12 AM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Keiva 10/13/2001 2:55 PM Caught in the Glare plutarch 10/14/2001 4:15 PM Re: Caught in the Glare of troy 10/14/2001 5:28 PM Re: "Stranger" in the dark Geoff 10/13/2001 1:52 PM Re: Radical stales 10/07/2001 4:43 PM Re: Radical stales 10/07/2001 4:43 PM Free: Radical doc_comfort 10/08/2001 12:17 AM Re: Free: Radical Capital Kiwi 10/08/2001 7:06 AM Re: Free: Radical Geoff 10/08/2001 12:11 PM Re: Free: Radical Jackie 10/08/2001 3:48 PM Re: Free: Radical Keiva 10/08/2001 4:27 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 Posts230,285 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 6 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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