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#77230
07/29/2002 10:08 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Anyone else ever hear the ancient slang for making an unskilled minor adjustment to a
piece of equipment that is malfunctioning in a minor way: "titravate" ?
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#77231
07/29/2002 10:30 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Nope.
But over here to titivate would be quite common casual speech for 'fixing up', 'mending' or similar context.
Is this just a spelling variant Bill - where'dja find it?
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#77232
07/29/2002 11:42 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Dear Mav: my father used to say it about such things as second hand outboard motor
with no instruction manual. He was clever with such things. I cannot claim that.
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