Aging nickel silver parts....

[Possum]

...

Yeah but what about the "war on terror." Relic'd is a Bushism I guess :-)

[SlidePicker]

It's a coined word making a verb out of the silly "relic" term used by Fender. I started to spell it "relicked," but that looked like it had been licked and was being licked again. As is, it looks a bit like it was being reinfected with lice. Anyway, you knew what it meant. Don't get your blood pressure up.

[Possum]

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I've been putting relish on my pickups, does that make them "relished?"

[Dave Kerr]

Just to be nit-picky, and because it's one of my pet peeves, "reliced" is not a word.

Relic is a noun, not a verb. ...

(*"antique" is a noun and a verb)

Main Entry: 3an·tique
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)an-ˈtēk\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): an·tiqued; an·tiqu·ing
Date: 1923

The acceptance of antique as a verb arose from relatively recent use - it's not as though a consortium of linguists decided that it was a good idea to coopt the word to describe the the act of distressing items to make them appear older than they are. Like it or not, you may very well see relic's use as a verb follow the same path of acceptance through common use.

[David Schwab]

Like it or not, you may very well see relic's use as a verb follow the same path of acceptance through common use.

Oh it already is, but I think there are better words to use. People start using the wrong word for things, and then it becomes common place. Like using "franchise" when they mean to say "series", as in "the latest in the Star Wars franchise". You see this every day, and it's just wrong. Another one you see is the express checkout lane at the market: "10 items or less". Wrong. It's "10 items or fewer" since "less" is not quantifiable. Nine is less than ten. But you have fewer than ten items because you didn't specify how many.

Does it matter? Not really, but it shows how the collective IQ of a culture can diminish over time. People just don't care and don't bother to find out.

[David Schwab]

I started to spell it "relicked," but that looked like it had been licked and was being licked again.

That's too funny! A re-licked Fender!

As is, it looks a bit like it was being reinfected with lice.

Exactly! That's what I keep thinking.

Anyway, you knew what it meant. Don't get your blood pressure up.

Oh I know, I'm just having fun. That's why things are pet peeves I guess. We want that as a pet?

Show's how stupid marketing can be though though.

Maybe "relicing"?

[Dave Kerr]

Those who refuse to accept the dynamic nature of our language should either write like this or risk beingbranded a hypocrite :

Heere folwen the wordes bitwene the Hoost and the Millere
Whan that the Knyght had thus his tale ytoold,
In al the route ne was ther yong ne oold
That he ne seyde it was a noble storie,
And worthy for to drawen to memorie;
And namely the gentils everichon.
Oure Hooste lough, and swoor, "So moot I gon,
This gooth aright; unbokeled is the male,
Lat se now who shal telle another tale,
For trewely the game is wel bigonne.
Now telleth on, sir Monk, if that ye konne
Somwhat to quite with the Knyghtes tale."
The Millere that for dronken was al pale,
So that unnethe upon his hors he sat,
He nolde avalen neither hood ne hat,
Ne abyde no man for his curteisie,
But in Pilates voys he gan to crie,
And swoor, "By armes and by blood and bones,
I kan a noble tale for the nones,
With which I wol now quite the Knyghtes tale."
Oure Hooste saugh that he was dronke of ale,
And seyde, "Abyd, Robyn, my leeve brother,
Som bettre man shal telle us first another,
Abyd, and lat us werken thriftily."

[LtKojak]

it shows how the collective IQ of a culture can diminish over time.)

IQ? We don't need no stinkin' IQ...

Wait a minute! What's IQ???

[defaced]

However, HCl is not a poison. We make it in our stomachs. Concentration is the key, as high concentrations cause chemical burns.

Heh?! Not a poison? You're going to have to walk me through that one.

[Joe Gwinn]

Heh?! Not a poison? You're going to have to walk me through that one.

Sure. Lye and hydrochloric acid are the classic examples.

Lye, sodium hydroxide, reacts with hydrochloric acid to yield sodium chloride, which is common table salt. The acid in the stomach is hydrochloric. So long as the lye concentration isn't so high that the lye can burn, no problem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_acid

[David Schwab]

OK, I hate to admit it, but I was just at a local guitar shop and picked up a Fender Joe Strummer Tele. Worn and rusty and all that stuff. I actually liked it a lot. I don't know why either. It had a certain charm.

[LtKojak]

OK, I hate to admit it, but I was just at a local guitar shop and picked up a Fender Joe Strummer Tele. Worn and rusty and all that stuff. I actually liked it a lot. I don't know why either. It had a certain charm.

No! Not you, David... Tell me you didn't...