serinde: (Sacred Chao)
serinde ([personal profile] serinde) wrote2004-06-21 11:48 am

Addendum

How could I have forgotten?

Friday: the redheads and I went to dinner on the way home at the new Japanese place near us. Steve and I had the same excellent experience as we had previously. [livejournal.com profile] sweh, of course, had his usual restaurant karma: his food didn't come out until we were mostly done, and the waitress spilled hot tea on his leg.

We have seen the Cosmic "Kick Me" and "Harass Me" signs; this needs a similar descriptor, but I can't think of one offhand, and I'm about to be late for class.

[identity profile] pir.livejournal.com 2004-06-21 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
The comic (sorry, cosmic) "spoil my dining experience" sign is a little long, I suppose.

[identity profile] syringavulgaris.livejournal.com 2004-06-21 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, conciseness is the key here.

("Conciseness" is a sucky word. It should be something like "concision".)

[identity profile] sweh.livejournal.com 2004-06-21 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it probably is in American :-)

Ahhh...

% dict concision
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Concision \Con*ci"sion\, n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See
     {Concise}.]
     A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. --South.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  concision
       n : terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by
           expressing a great deal in just a few words [syn: {conciseness},
            {pithiness}, {succinctness}]

[identity profile] sweh.livejournal.com 2004-06-21 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
It looks nasty, but Webster's has it...
"Misserve me"