How can you get through college and an entire year of law school and still be confused by a book just because it has chapter AND section numbers?
You asked her/him to use a book?! No wonder s/he was confused.
I think this is like the men who, when asked to wash the dishes or vaccuum do such a terrible job -- on purpose -- that the woman who asked them takes over and never bothers to ask again. The summer associate is just pretending the stupid so you give away the Wexis numbers. (Just don't give him/her my Wexis numbers!)
What's gaffing?
I think that's what happens when fishermen reach over the edge of the boat and sink a hook into the gills of a large fish so they can haul it onboard.
Would "reached a climax" be a bit more literary?
How do I say something "climaxed" -- as in, it's not over but the most important part is over, and it's just clean up now-- without sounding like I'm talking about sex?
"This project has peaked."
"This has topped out."
Is that the original, or did you translate what I wrote?
I found it by googling Voltaire and séduire. Then I googled the whole phrase to make sure there were multiple references. Didn't find a textual reference though.
And Steph, who knew it was Voltaire!
What's gaffing?
Setting up the lights on set.
No, seriously.... Though Nutty protests it is a made up word, the term gaffer, in a slightly archaic sense, refers to an old man, but I believe the specific etymology of the term (though I can't find an online reference to back me up in this instance) is a reference to very chatty old men, who sit around and talk a lot. So, I would submit that, made up or no, Nutty use of the word "gaffing" would refer to our penchant as Buffistas to talk a lot, and that she, and everyone else, certainly did in San Francisco.
"This has topped out."
Not helping with the "not sounding like sex talk" part, there Hec.
Thanks for pointing out the authorship, Steph. It would have been sensible of me to do that, huh?
Penis panic. Which is in no way a gross link, or anything. I don't think. But I don't have a penis, and am quite calm about it.
That link seems to lead to a locked post, or some other thing that's giving me just a Word Press error page, ita.