O.T.: "shoddy" (was: Sensible and NonsenSQL Aspects of the NoSQL Hoopla)
From: James K. Lowden <jklowden_at_speakeasy.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:08:56 -0400
Message-Id: <20130904210856.93f866c5.jklowden_at_speakeasy.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 21:08:56 -0400
Message-Id: <20130904210856.93f866c5.jklowden_at_speakeasy.net>
On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:28:01 +0200
Norbert_Paul <norbertpauls_spambin_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> There seems to be an extremely influential group of researchers
> around the author where this kind of shoddy (thanks for the new
> vocabulary) work is the only one accepted.
"Shoddy" is an interesting word, too. It gained its current meaning during the American Civil War, when uniforms and blankets made of shoddy were roundly despised.
http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/articles/shoddy.html http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=arcsesq&id=125216&v=article
--jkl Received on Thu Sep 05 2013 - 03:08:56 CEST