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  • 12-03-2009 05:16PM
    #1
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭


    A little help here folks, my mind has frozen (I should probably see someone about that)...

    When you have a phrase such as "Applied Economics", is there a word to describe the term "Applied" in that phrase? I know its an adjective, but is there a fancier word (one that you havent made up) to describe it?


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  • #2
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    super adjective


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Post verb noun prefix


  • #4
    fillmore jive
    Closed Accounts Posts: 649 ✭✭✭fillmore jive


    recession


  • #5
    Turd Ferguson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    I believe its knows as "Shatners Adjective"


  • #6
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Just tell her your interested


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  • #7
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    Lesson learned. After Hours is serious business.


  • #8
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,948 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Moved from Serious business.


  • #9
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Archimedes wrote: »
    A little help here folks, my mind has frozen (I should probably see someone about that)...

    When you have a phrase such as "Applied Economics", is there a word to describe the term "Applied" in that phrase? I know its an adjective, but is there a fancier word (one that you havent made up) to describe it?

    As we all know "Applied economics " refers to Economic Theory being appliedto real world scenarios.

    Now I would personally consider "applied" to be fancy enough in it's own right and quite frankly I cannot see why you would need a more fancier term.

    "Applied" to me has a rather mysterious ring to it and I would be perfectly happy to describe myself as an aficionado of "Applied ****tery"happy in the knowledge that many would view that as a serious art when in fact it is not.

    Don't fix what ain't broke.


    (Apologies to the English language there)


  • #10
    The Raven.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭The Raven.


    Archimedes wrote: »
    A little help here folks, my mind has frozen (I should probably see someone about that)...

    When you have a phrase such as "Applied Economics", is there a word to describe the term "Applied" in that phrase? I know its an adjective, but is there a fancier word (one that you havent made up) to describe it?

    If you were referring to the type of adjective, I would say it is a ‘classifying adjective’, as it places the noun in a category or class.

    If you are looking for a ‘fancier’ word for ‘Applied’ in the context given, I wouldn’t care to offer an opinion, as the term ‘Applied Economics’ is specifically used to describe * ‘the application of economic theory and analysis’, which is not my field.

    * Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_economics


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