> I was checking definitions of "chimping" and Wikipedia claims it is and > acronym: "Chimp is an acronym for CHeck IMage Preview."
sounds like horseshit to me. (Does horseshit make a noise? whatever). I reckon that's a back-formation that someone's come up with. Does wikipedia provide any kind of evidence? > It also mentions > the "ooh, ooh, ahh, ahhh" connection. I will continue to cite the latter. > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > New terminology might be a more appropriate phrase. This typically > > includes current words given new meanings. There are very few totally > > new words with a truly "short term" etymology. Even completely new > > physical properties like those that arise in fundamental physics are > > usually named with current words given new meanings, e.g., > > strangeness. > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:21 PM, paul stenquist > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Nov 4, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> > >>> paul stenquist wrote: > >>> > >>>> But it's not a new word, just a new usage. > >>> > >>> I believe the original question was a little poorly worded and what > >>> was really intended was more like "What words have been added to > >>> your vocabulary because of digital photography?" > >>> > >>> In other words, the words need not be new, but rather new to you, > >>> and they need not be exclusive to digital photography as long as > >>> digital photography was how you were introduced to them. > >> > >> Perhaps. But my answer would still be none, and the premise would be > less interesting. > >> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Steve Desjardins > > > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
