Today's English question - "handible"
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
Nope, no such word* and neither can I infer meaning from your usage of it. *I asked the OED.
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
No, it is not a real world, and I would assume you were on psychotropic substances if I heard you say that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!"
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
Like everybody else I don't think it's a real word, and if I had to guess I would have figured it meant convenient. But, the English language isn't static. So if you use it in enough places and make an appeal to the OED, maybe it can become official! On that note, I may have to think of a new and fantastical word then start some kind of group to get it into the dictionary.
My current favourite word is: Smooth!
-SK Genius
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
crazy thing is if you google definition handible this lounge thread is 3rd in the google listing
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That sounds tangible.
That pun is a sin, cos it's so awful.
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
Isn't he a serial killer or something? :confused:
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That pun is a sin, cos it's so awful.
Not my fault; Pete triggered it.
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
Management consultant speak. Utterly devoid of meaning, but sounds good.
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
In my experience anything with fewer than 10,000 hits is not a word. And by that I do not want to imply I know the ones that do hit 10,000+ :)
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Thanks, but nope. The word was indeed "handible" and the not so wide-spread usage of it, as indicated by Google, converges to something like "manageable"...
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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crazy thing is if you google definition handible this lounge thread is 3rd in the google listing
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Isn't he a serial killer or something? :confused:
Talking about Handible Lecter, are you? :suss:
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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crazy thing is if you google definition handible this lounge thread is 3rd in the google listing
3rd!? I could never be satisfied until it's 1st... oh... wait... ;)
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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Like everybody else I don't think it's a real word, and if I had to guess I would have figured it meant convenient. But, the English language isn't static. So if you use it in enough places and make an appeal to the OED, maybe it can become official! On that note, I may have to think of a new and fantastical word then start some kind of group to get it into the dictionary.
My current favourite word is: Smooth!
-SK Genius
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
But, mister Solo this certificate is under the name Han Dible... It's an old certificate, and I changed my name a few years back. You would too if you had a name like Dible. I'm sorry Sir i can't release the droids without a valid current ownership certificate. Look, You know me, i'm the guy who did the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. But Sir, I thought a parsec was a unit of distance, not time.. *ZAP* ... followed by a thud and the smell of burnt flesh. Boring conversation anyway...
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Dan Neely wrote:
It's a nonsense word
Somewhat credible [1] references from Google - both IEEE and patent submissions - use "handible" sort of meaning "manageable". :confused: [1] Depending on the outcome you want...
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
As technically accurate as IEEE and patent submissions have to be, their spelling/grammar is often secondary :/ This really does seem to be a bastardization of handleable - probably started by the people involved only having heard the word spoken quickly, and not seeing it written. It's about as valid as the word 'truthiness' - so we'll know what you mean, but it's still a lousy word.
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
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So, Google gives a whopping 722 hits for "handible", Googling for "define: handible" shoots beside the target and reference.com has never heard of it in any form. You English speakers out there - is "handible" a real word? If not, would you understand me anyway if I said that "Oh, you know, this is really handible!" ?
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time - Bertrand Russel
I would understand you! I would nod knowingly, as though deep in thought, and later in the conversation I would find a way to agree or disagree with you and reuse the word in a similar context. Later that night I would go to the online dictionary and find out that the word is not there, but I wouldn't care because we would both be "wrong" and that would make it alright! Pretzel logic in it's purest form, no? I think that I would have done a good job of making an awkward situation handible. :)