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OP Elsewhere, dr. bill used the term "procrustean bed". His usage seemed inaccurate to me, and upon looking it up I discovered that my own usage was also somewhat inaccurate.
But more interestingly, the various dictionaries I checked differ from each other -- and even a single dictionary may be inconsistent between "procrustean" and "procrustean bed". In fact, bartleby.com differs from my recent bricks-and-mortar AHD. The differences are nuances, but ones that strike me as important nuances.
Which leads me to the question: how do our board participants understand these terms (without looking them up, which would of course prejudice the responses).
(Note: I'm not asking for the etymology. Current meaning may not track etymology, and I suspect the etymology is familiar to anyone who uses the terms themselves.)
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