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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
From: |
Jean Louis |
Subject: |
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:17:49 +0300 |
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Mutt/2.2.9+54 (af2080d) (2022-11-21) |
* Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> [2023-02-14 07:52]:
> > > 8 Scoring has
> > >
> > > Other people use “kill files”, but we here at Gnus Towers like
> scoring
> > > better than killing, so we’d rather switch than fight. They do
> > > something completely different as well, so sit up straight and pay
> > > attention!
>
> Can anyone explain that joke to me? I don't get it.
Examine definitions below, and go back in time of reading newsgroups:
* Overview of noun score
The noun score has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (18) mark, grade, score -- (a number or letter indicating quality
(especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra";
"grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?")
2. (8) score, musical score -- (a written form of a musical composition; parts
for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied
the score of the sonata")
3. (4) score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an
individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0")
4. (4) score -- (a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one
returned")
5. (1) score, account -- (grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was
rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his
success on that score was doubtful")
6. (1) score -- (the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the
score")
7. score -- (an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and
I'll settle later")
8. score, scotch -- (a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to
keep a tally))
9. grudge, score, grievance -- (a resentment strong enough to justify
retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score")
10. score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came
with less than a minute left to play")
11. sexual conquest, score -- (a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse;
"calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male
slang")
--
Jean
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- bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, (continued)
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Visuwesh, 2023/02/08
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Jean Louis, 2023/02/12