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Wow. This is the most impressive trolling I've seen in quite some time. Dan Send a noteboard - 02/06/2010 07:42:02 PM
He's acting arrogant and ignorant because he slightly misused a colloquialism in a perfectly valid denotative way? You're on incredibly shaky ground here to insist how wrong he is based on something so nebulously connotative. You've really take pedantry to new heights. And who's calling who arrogant? Get a fucking life and stay on topic, moron.



It is a common phrase that means a very specific thing. Your insistence to misuse this phrase, because you think the separate meanings of the words make it mean something else, shows a level of ignorance regarding semantics combined with a level of arrogance due placing your own interpretation above that of all others.

Additionally, the definitions that you found do not supply context and connotations. Indefinitely is used in the context of time with strong connotations of absolutes (as in something that goes on indefinitely will last forever/a every long time), whereas undefined is used in the area of concepts/definitions, or distance (when it's so far away you can't properly see it yet), and carries the meaning/connotation of vague much more strongly.

Thirdly, there is no such thing as a pure meaning of a word. A word is a human construct and means what we agree on. Look at the changes in the meaning of words like awful and terrific. Or do you insist on using awful only to mean that it inspires awe in you, and that something terrific is very scary?

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Meanwhile, the Wedding Is Postponed Indefinitely. - 01/06/2010 09:17:35 AM 1078 Views
You meant postponed until further notice - 01/06/2010 10:44:30 AM 588 Views
How so? - 01/06/2010 10:56:48 AM 504 Views
The phrase "postponed indefinitely" is what I'm referring to - 01/06/2010 12:01:59 PM 461 Views
It IS indefinite though. - 01/06/2010 12:17:07 PM 613 Views
I think the point is popular use,,, - 01/06/2010 12:19:05 PM 563 Views
I'm frequently accused of prescriptivism, and don't deny it. - 01/06/2010 12:22:39 PM 600 Views
You might want to cater for your audience a bit better - 01/06/2010 05:07:28 PM 617 Views
They will do as they're told or be severely beaten111 - 01/06/2010 05:33:22 PM 494 Views
It's a phrase used in government regarding motions - 01/06/2010 08:13:42 PM 513 Views
Postponed/=canceled. - 01/06/2010 08:51:14 PM 683 Views
The meaning of a commonly used phrase isn't a sum of the definitions of its parts. - 02/06/2010 09:28:29 AM 580 Views
It's common usage; that doesn't make it correct. - 02/06/2010 05:11:17 PM 640 Views
Wow. This is the most impressive trolling I've seen in quite some time. - 02/06/2010 07:42:02 PM 645 Views
No, I just have a hard time dealing with people who can't admit a simple mistake *NM* - 03/06/2010 07:21:30 AM 276 Views
Joel admits it when he makes a mistake. - 23/06/2010 04:42:55 AM 484 Views
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Thanks. - 02/06/2010 01:32:06 AM 503 Views
Ah! They caught on to your dastardly plot! - 02/06/2010 01:40:15 AM 522 Views
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Ouch - I'm sorry to hear that. - 02/06/2010 05:36:37 PM 517 Views
Thanks, it'll work out, somehow. - 02/06/2010 05:55:51 PM 468 Views

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