Log In
Create Account
SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ
Login
Create Account
Search
Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...
RSS Feed
Hosting by DigitalOcean
Support ST on Ko-Fi
Links Only
50 Results
100 Results
250 Results
500 Results
1000 Results
5000 Results
2 Weeks
2 Months
6 Months
1 Year
2 Years
5 Years
All Time
Live
Down to Post
Backboards:
Live
________________
1: Dec 1, 11:23
2: Nov 30, 15:54
3: Nov 30, 09:41
4: Nov 29, 16:44
5: Nov 29, 08:01
6: Nov 28, 16:19
7: Nov 28, 09:42
8: Nov 27, 18:07
9: Nov 27, 12:04
10: Nov 27, 08:26
11: Nov 26, 18:06
12: Nov 26, 12:05
13: Nov 26, 08:29
14: Nov 25, 18:33
15: Nov 25, 11:12
16: Nov 25, 07:08
17: Nov 24, 13:17
18: Nov 23, 18:13
19: Nov 23, 06:17
20: Nov 22, 13:24
Posts: 152
germane, relevant -- nm
Posted by
znufrii
Nov 28 '12, 12:20
(No message)
Responses:
[deleted]
10
I've always thought of a moot point (quite possibly wrongly) as an argument nullified by equal weight on either side. -- nm
-
Max
Nov 28, 12:29
irrelevant, in the sense that it's no longer a thing that can be changed. -- nm
-
Reagen
Nov 28, 12:27
moot - irrelevant and inconsequential -- nm
-
Beryllium
Nov 28, 12:26
I always thought it to mean "does not have, or no longer has, any bearing on the matter at hand" or something to that effect. -- nm
-
znufrii
Nov 28, 12:25
6
[deleted]
This is the way I use it also.
-
Strongbad
Nov 28, 12:26
as in "the question is moot" -- nm
-
znufrii
Nov 28, 12:25
3
(which I seem to remember reading somewhere is actually the exact opposite meaning from how it was originally used) -- nm
-
znufrii
Nov 28, 12:27
2
yup. -- (link)
-
decline
Nov 28, 12:29
1
eh. language changes. it's how they stay alive.
-
Reagen
Nov 28, 12:32
Post a message
top
Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.
