I believe we might actually, for a change, be cutting a bit closer to the bone here.
-Doug On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: : "Annoyingly Insensitive" compounded with "dissociated from any specific > instance". Wait... maybe that *is* his use? > > ob·tuse > /əbˈt(y)o͞os/ > Adjective > > 1. Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand. > 2. Difficult to understand. > > > Synonyms > dull - blunt - dense - slow-witted > 1ab·stract *adjective* \ab-ˈstrakt, ˈab-ˌ\ > **** > 1 > *a* *:* > disassociated<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disassociate>from any > specific instance <an > *abstract* entity> > *b* *:* difficult to understand *:* > abstruse<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abstruse> > <*abstract* problems> > *c* *:* insufficiently factual *:* > formal<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/formal> <possessed > only an *abstract* right> > 2 > *:* expressing a quality apart from an object <the word *poem* is > concrete, *poetry* is *abstract*> > 3 > *a* *:* dealing with a subject in its abstract aspects *:* > theoretical<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theoretical> > <*abstract* science> > *b* *:* impersonal <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impersonal>, > detached <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detached> <the * > abstract* compassion of a surgeon — *Time*> > 4 > *:* having only > intrinsic<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intrinsic>form with > little or no attempt at pictorial representation or narrative > content <*abstract* painting> > — *ab·stract·ly* *adverb* > — *ab·stract·ness* *noun* > > > - Steve > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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