Temporary Again
Temporary. For some reason, this word keeps swirling around in my head. My first (actually second) post was titled Temporary and now I have a few more thoughts to add.
The first thing I did was go to my dear friend Webster’s for a definition. It was actually a little spartan. There were two ways to use the word, first as an adjective and the other as a noun. The descriptive use of temporary is defined as: lasting for a limited time. It would be like temporary duty or a temporary filling. The noun definition is defined as: one serving for a limited time. It would be like working as a temporary. Dictionary.com defines temporary as: lasting, used, serving or enjoyed for a limited time.
If you wanted, you could work for a temporary agency as a temporary and get both definitions in the same sentence. But that would be silly. If you work for a temporary agency, then you are a temporary. Can you be a permanent employee for a temporary agency? Well enough with the play on words.
Webster’s also gives the origin of the word as Latin, coming from the word temporaries, from tempor, tempus time. The first thing I thought of was tempus fugit. I didn’t remember exactly what that meant. I thought it was time flies. So I looked up fugit and it is defined as flies. I could play on words with this but time is fleeting. Would that be tempus multiyachtae?
It all has to do with tempus or time. I was reminded of one of my favorite Kurt Vonnegut books, Sirens of Titan. The heroine, Beatrice Rumsfoord wrote a book of poetry titled Between Timid and Timbuktu. The gist of the title was based on every word between timid and Timbuktu, in a small dictionary, referenced time. Vonnegut has a way of creating an absurd detail that sticks in your mind. Hi Ho.
So temporary is for a limited time. It almost feels to me like an ad for cars or other stereo equipment. Hurry in for this is a limited time offer! The Subaru SUV commercial that uses the song Dust in the Wind provides a great visual effect to go along with the temporary theme. As we watch the Subaru drive by, every other SUV dries up and blows away. The ad vividly tells us, that not only is a Subaru SUV superior to all others, but that everything else is erased by wonderfulness that is a Subaru SUV. All other purchases would be temporary once you visit a Subaru dealer and test drive their car. You might as well be driving a redwood through the termite’s annual Thanksgiving feast. Buy our SUV because it provides something permanent. But buy it now, as this commercial will only run on a temporary basis and in a few years, we will change models, again. You will only have this great styling and performance on this product for a short time. Or should I say tempus midget.
Icool
Cobb
The first thing I did was go to my dear friend Webster’s for a definition. It was actually a little spartan. There were two ways to use the word, first as an adjective and the other as a noun. The descriptive use of temporary is defined as: lasting for a limited time. It would be like temporary duty or a temporary filling. The noun definition is defined as: one serving for a limited time. It would be like working as a temporary. Dictionary.com defines temporary as: lasting, used, serving or enjoyed for a limited time.
If you wanted, you could work for a temporary agency as a temporary and get both definitions in the same sentence. But that would be silly. If you work for a temporary agency, then you are a temporary. Can you be a permanent employee for a temporary agency? Well enough with the play on words.
Webster’s also gives the origin of the word as Latin, coming from the word temporaries, from tempor, tempus time. The first thing I thought of was tempus fugit. I didn’t remember exactly what that meant. I thought it was time flies. So I looked up fugit and it is defined as flies. I could play on words with this but time is fleeting. Would that be tempus multiyachtae?
It all has to do with tempus or time. I was reminded of one of my favorite Kurt Vonnegut books, Sirens of Titan. The heroine, Beatrice Rumsfoord wrote a book of poetry titled Between Timid and Timbuktu. The gist of the title was based on every word between timid and Timbuktu, in a small dictionary, referenced time. Vonnegut has a way of creating an absurd detail that sticks in your mind. Hi Ho.
So temporary is for a limited time. It almost feels to me like an ad for cars or other stereo equipment. Hurry in for this is a limited time offer! The Subaru SUV commercial that uses the song Dust in the Wind provides a great visual effect to go along with the temporary theme. As we watch the Subaru drive by, every other SUV dries up and blows away. The ad vividly tells us, that not only is a Subaru SUV superior to all others, but that everything else is erased by wonderfulness that is a Subaru SUV. All other purchases would be temporary once you visit a Subaru dealer and test drive their car. You might as well be driving a redwood through the termite’s annual Thanksgiving feast. Buy our SUV because it provides something permanent. But buy it now, as this commercial will only run on a temporary basis and in a few years, we will change models, again. You will only have this great styling and performance on this product for a short time. Or should I say tempus midget.
Icool
Cobb
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