He could've donated that laptop somewhere.

Who knows what he's done for charity. I'm not going to judge without evidence. However, in terms of drilling things home to the former owner, he can set charitable examples later.

I clearly have been misusing that term ALL of the time. I'm not sure I have ever used that correctly.

The dictionary thinks you've been using it right, so I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

I have called into a meeting I usually attend. It is not any more fun on the phone than it is in person, because it is so poorly run and inefficient. I am hardly a model of efficiency, but I always come out furious about how much time everything takes.

Ginger, how long are you willing to fight that fight?

Until she's nauseous?

I do not have that effect on others. Usually.

According to the OED, nauseous entered written English as "feeling ill," but that meaning was later considered obsolete, replaced by nauseated for feeling ill. We apparently rocked along for a while with nauseous meaning "causing nausea" and nauseated meaning "feeling nausea." Then American usage in the 20th century started using nauseating rather than nauseous for "causing nausea," and it all started going to hell.

I do not correct people's spoken English, although when some people say, "I feel nauseous," I think, "You're certainly having that effect on me." I'll probably always change "I feel nauseous" to "I feel nauseated" in written copy. After all, I still care about the distinction between different from and different than.

The only judgement I'm making is that putting bullets in the laptop was wasteful. eta: Well, I also wonder why the arms on that chair are so high, but that's less relevant.

Contrary to common misuse, “moot” doesn’t imply something is superfluous. It means a subject is disputable or open to discussion. e.g., The idea that commercial zoning should be allowed in the residential neighborhood was a moot point for the council.

Common misuse is the only way I've ever heard this word used. Perhaps the meaning has now changed.

Oh, jesus, we're sitting here while someone scans a QR code.

I don't get their problem with moot. Here's the Oxford definition:

adjective

subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision: whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point

having no practical significance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision: it is moot whether this phrase should be treated as metaphor or not

It's a moo point! It's like a cow's point. It doesn't matter.

It's a moo point! It's like a cow's point. It doesn't matter.

::loves all over Dana::

At least it's not a mute point.

I do not correct people's spoken English, although when some people say, "I feel nauseous," I think, "You're certainly having that effect on me." I'll probably always change "I feel nauseous" to "I feel nauseated" in written copy.

Oh yeah, totally different thing. My irk is only directed at the verbal correction.