32. Occasionally a term that is in general use may be defined because the general meaning of the term is not sufficiently precise.
a UDF has been defined as an unducted fan
in this context, Dick Rutan ('Voyager') was one who bemoaned the tendency to define things in terms of what they weren't instead of what they are.
we are now going to roll a joint. . . which will not be a chiropractic manoeuvre
and to be more specific -
we shall require a receptacle for the denuded weed. . . . .
or more precisely . . . an ashtray
and when you are ordered to cease what you are doing . . ..
think "stop it'
(else you go blind?)
a well known CFI, a redhead incidentally, had this notice on his desk for years -
WARNING - When one has reached my age, noise and non-concurrence cause hyperperistalsis of the gastric mucosa and I become .. .
A NASTY BASTARD