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either that or you gots dis'pan hands.
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Nah. Disintermediation is used when you and your relatives can't decide whether to dig up Grandpappy for an autopsy so you ask a neutral third party to listen to both sides and make a decision binding on both of you.
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Thanks, TEd. I was just working on something along similar lines, but I'm much happier to let the master of the art ply his wares.
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Thanks, tsuwm. That the word I was looking for today.
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Dis- is an interesting prefix. It's like cancelling out everything you're about to say before you say it.I'd discourage (and perhaps entirely dissuade you from) such a negative perspective, WW.  Edit: I meant to say that I think disintermediation, taken to mean simply "the process of cutting out the (middle)man/men", is a useful word. It stands distinct from empowering the consumer, which may be the avowed aim of the process.
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that model has not been described as "disintermediation"
It's interesting that we can have something and not come up with a special word for it for many years. It's certainly not unknown for a word to be coined with one idea in mind and then have the public in general use it in a different sense. Whether disintermediation will stay with us us up to future history to judge. During the era of inkhorn terms many words were coined, about 10% of which stayed with the language.
In a related question, how long was it between the invention of the tin can and the invention of the can opener?
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how long was it between the invention of the tin can and the invention of the can opener?
The tin can was invented by Peter Durand in 1810, while the first can opener was patented by Ezra Waterbury in 1858. An easy-to-use household can opener was patented by William Lyman in 1870.
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The tin can was invented by Peter Durand in 1810,
Uh-huh.
while the first can opener was patented by Ezra Waterbury in 1858.
Okay. So what happened to the cans in the intervening 52 years?
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