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Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003

Shrecknet posted:

For clarification, something like "tilt" that started in Poker but is now just kind of generically widely used to mean 'upset and emotional based on past events' wouldn't really apply, since it's made the jump to general usage. I'm looking for the stuff that's still just in your little subculture.

i've never heard it used to mean that outside of poker. ive heard it much more commonly used in the context of pinball, in which case it refers to a sensor in a pinball machine designed to stop players from physically shaking or moving it. but then, obviously, i am old.

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Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003

yeah i've heard that the term "master" is being phased out in the computer world and there is a movement to phase it out in the academic world (e.g. "masters degrees") but i work in the music world i've not yet heard of anyone wanting an alternate term for a master tape or mastering a record. i guess "primary" could work, sort of

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