[Ads-l] curate

[Jonathan Lighter]

https://www.taylorconcrete.com/manufactured-stone-veneer-vs-natural-stone-thin-veneer/
:

"We have curated some of the most common questions and provided answers to
help you figure out which type of stone veneer is right for your project. "

JL

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 3:14 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Gives a whole nother meaning to the curate’s egg…
>
> OED
> _curate's egg_  n. taken as a type of something of mixed character (good
> and bad). Originating in a story of a meek curate who, having been given a
> stale egg by his episcopal host, stated that ‘parts of it’ were ‘excellent’
> ( Punch 9 Nov. 1895, p. 222).
>
> 1905   Minister's Gazette of Fashion Aug. 141/1   The past spring and
> summer season has seen much fluctuation. Like the curate's egg, it has been
> excellent in parts.
> 1962   Oxf. Mag. 22 Nov. 91/1   All the same it is a curate's egg of a
> book. While the whole may be somewhat stale and addled, it would be unfair
> not to acknowledge the merits of some of its parts.
>
> Twitter isn’t mentioned by name, but…
>
> LH
>
> > On Jul 31, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Andy Bach <afbach at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >> First place I recall this is via the NYC Bike Snob from 2017
> >
> > http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2010_01_05_archive.html
> >
> > Who points to an NYTimes article about Twitter
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html
> >
> > On Twitter, anyone may follow anyone, but there is very little
> expectation
> > of reciprocity. By carefully curating the people you follow, Twitter
> > becomes an always-on data stream from really bright people in their
> > respective fields, whose tweets are often full of links to incredibly
> > vital, timely information.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:09 PM, Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Not every online dictionary has this sense of curate, but Oxford online
> >> has:
> >> "Select, organize, and present (online content, merchandise,
> information,
> >> etc.), typically using professional or expert knowledge."
> >> *‘nearly every major news organization is using Twitter’s new lists
> feature
> >> to curate tweets about the earthquake’*
> >>
> >> I don't think "curate" was used much this way ten years ago, but it has
> >> been increasingly so used since.
> >>
> >> See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curate#Etymology_2 for 5 examples.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
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> >>> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> >>> Subject:      curate
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> >>>
> >>> Nowadays simply =3D select carefully
> >>>
> >>> "Have 1 minute? We've curated this for you: 5 ways to amplify your
> >>> Gal=C3=A1pagos expedition."
> >>>
> >>> I've been hearing "curated" this way in TV commercials for months but
> >> kept
> >>> quiet about it.
> >>>
> >>> ISTR  a selection of "specially curated" cosmetics sent regularly to
> >> one's
> >>> door.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> JL
> >>>
> >>>
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