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WCDT: 11-15 July 2011 (1966-1970)
Is it cold in here?:
I don't have a cite for you, but I seem to remember Jeph saying that he was considering not updating the cast page and instead pointing people to Wikipedia.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: michael28 on 13 Jul 2011, 15:07 ---Thanks for the info. I just thought it might be more of a slang term-
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It was me, actually. The word is marked not as slang but as "informal" in the dictionaries. They trace its origins back to the 1930s in the US.
Method of Madness:
I didn't realize there was a difference between "slang" and "informal".
pwhodges:
Not much, perhaps; but at least one of those dictionaries uses "slang" for more vulgar words. I meant to indicate that it was a word I would be prepared to use in, say, a somewhat informal business setting, as opposed to one that would be considered inappropriate in most business settings. Perhaps I'd better stop before I put my foot any further in my mouth.
EDIT: I've checked my big 1500-page Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, which does not include gues(s)timate, showing it's not that slangy.
Method of Madness:
People would actually use that in a business meeting? I'd think there would be at least some amount of cringing from those involved.
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