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From:
Father Chrysostomos via RT
Date:
June 4, 2013 05:35
Subject:
[perl #117507] perltrap.pod needs updating
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rt-3.6.HEAD-2552-1370324102-829.117507-15-0@perl.org
On Mon Jun 03 21:38:49 2013, aristotle wrote:
> * Father Chrysostomos via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> [2013-06-04
03:50]:
> > The existing perltrap documententation uses alliteration for each
> > language (cerebral C programmers, seasoned sed programmers, etc.).
> > What should I use [for Javascript]? Judicious? Jabbering? :-)
> 
> Junior? Jaded? Jealous? Joyless? Jejune? Journeying? Jocund? Joyous?
> Jubilant? Jaunty? Jingling? Jazzy? Juicy? Juvenile? Jiggly? Jittery?
> Jumpy? Jinxed? Judgemental? Jeering? Jerkish? Jaywalking? Jewish?
> Jeopardous? Junctive? Jumbling? Jocular? Jovial? Jolly? Joking
> 
> aside, I guess of all of these that are even contenders, “jaded” comes
> closest to the theme in seasoned/cerebral/practising,

But jaded means ‘bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had
too much of something’,* which is too negative, I think.

> but I don’t know
> if that makes it suitable. I would have liked to come up with something
> connoting “fashion-conscious” but nothing came to mind, alas.

I used ‘judicious’. :-)

* Oxford Dictionary of English 3rd edition 
  Copyright © 2010 by Oxford University Press

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Father Chrysostomos


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