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TALK about CRAP JOBS!!!! oyeeeeee =0) it is interesting and horrifying what people find disposable these days, babies, animals, etc....... garbology (gar-BOL-uh-jee) noun The study of a society or culture by examining what it discards. [Garb(age) + -logy.] "Though garbology remains a relatively unplumbed subject, several colleges and universities offer courses that look at what people throw away and how it reflects who they are." Tina Kelley, Class at N.Y.U. Looks for Deeper Meaning at Fresh Kills, The New York Times, Mar 23, 2000. |
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great! of course didnt know that... |
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if garbage exceeds productivity, there are huge problems |
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I thought garbology was the study of Greta Garbo... ;) |
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I'm in the waste management business! |
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reminds me high-class pronunciation of the word garbage: gar-BAUJ (soft J sound) hehe! |
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Aw yeah, there was an article in an old National Geographic about that... you'd be surprised how well fossilized hot dogs hold up over time (must be those nitrites). |
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that's such an americanisation of a word albeit an interesting concept |
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hehe cool word.... |
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dobbin, why do you think it's an americanization of the word ? i've never thought of words as having a nationality, except their origins sometimes. i'm curious why you think that? |
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the most used meaning of the word garbage is the american definition of kitchen waste or a dusbin as in garbage can. america has bastardized the english language beyond comprehension (no pun intended honest) to the point its hard to understand sometimes garbology is a bastardization of a bastardization, a fitting description if only to 'fit in' with other related -ologies btw there are plenty of words that only americans use, more than anywhere else. which is amazing considering what is approximating to english is spoken everywhere in the world |
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hehehhe ohhhh believe me i have a british friend and he reminds me all the time that i speak AMERICAN ......not ENGLISH....tee hee, i tell him he's a SNOB and there is a REASON we broke away from the ENGLISH way back when =b thats prolly why language and words are so fascinating for me, it's something that you can never completely know, soooo much fun!! |
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