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Originally Posted by Covelay
I have been unable to find the term life-cycle within the context of re-using. Could you please tell me from where it is derived - i.e. which dictionary and / or other? Very curious...........
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Hi Covelay,
"Life-cycling" is something of a neologism/ a "makey-uppie word" :)
JumbleTown's developers hope that its meaning is fairly apparent though I think one would be hard-pressed to find a dictionary definition that uses it in the way that JumbleTown does. Why coin such a phrase? Well, it's a helluva lot catchier than "Re-use" or "Re-using". Also, one of the provisional mottos of the website was "Life-cycling before Recycling." In the end, "Someone, Somewhere, Wants It! won out, but the phrase "life-cycling" was retained because it was felt that it encapsulated the general ethos of the site.
"Life-cycling" was also partly inspired by Flann O'Brien's neologistic fancies such as "exode." Whenever he used one of these in his "Myles na Gopaleen" column, he used to write "That last word is copyright!", meaning that a few shillings would have to be passed on to him if the word in question were used. Now there's an idea! "Life-cycle" (20 cents); "Life-cycling (25 cents). Please send...
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Chris P
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