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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 #75717 - 07/25/02 10:31 AM Less is More   Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike   veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England a sort of inflation of adjectives That's a beautiful way of putting it, Alex. So true. Open challenge: can anyone produce a pithy little word (and no taking the pith) that has the above definition? three sizes of soft drink: large, extra-large and super-size Haven't seen that yet, but there's definitely no such thing as a "Small" Coke. It would be Regular. No doubt that term will at some stage be considered too nondescript and colourless. #75718 - 07/25/02 10:38 AM Re: Less is More   Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Rubrick addict Rubrick   addict Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York Open challenge: can anyone produce a pithy little word (and no taking the pith) that has the above definition? Composition Less is more. Edit: wrong definition. a sort of inflation of adjectives Marketing Would Hyperbole also be acceptable? Edit again: Hyperbollocks #75719 - 07/25/02 10:43 AM Re: Less is More   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Shona, I had to put this! I looked in my thesaurus under 'exaggeration', and found: fish story! #75720 - 07/25/02 11:29 AM Re: Less is More   Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando   Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Jackie, are you trying to tell us that he's really only a fishonascooter? #75721 - 07/25/02 12:42 PM Re: Less is More   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Rhuby, I think I'll let him answer that one! #75722 - 07/25/02 03:05 PM Re: Less is More   Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike   veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England >a sort of inflation of adjectives? Hyperbollocks sooooooooooooo good! #75723 - 07/25/02 03:29 PM fishonabike's story   Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike   veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England 'exaggeration', and found: fish story Could be a response to those lines (which I just found quote Sun Ra, whoever he is): "I'm not a part of history - his story, I'm more a part of the mystery, which is my story. What's your story?" "A fish story!" Quite appropriate here actually, Jackie, 'cos fish stories would I think relate to the size of things. Like Coke cups, I mean . A fishonabike story would perhaps be a dramatic exaggeration that sounds wholly convincing when first heard, but on further consideration makes no sense at all. You return to the scene of the "crime" only to find that the storyteller has disappeared, your last bottle of bourbon has mysteriously emptied itself, and there's no fish-food left in the cupboards. #75724 - 07/25/02 03:33 PM Re: Less is More   Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike   veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England he's really only a fishonascooter? Harumph - a scooter's not much better than perambulation. fishonatrike is more like it. #75725 - 07/25/02 05:09 PM Re: Less is More   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye   Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Hmph. Probably not even really a fish. Plankton on a trike, perhaps. #75726 - 07/25/02 05:38 PM Re: Less is More   Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Less is more? 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