I like how the term "fixing the election" is used to describe a means by which one changes the outcome of an election to one that is not actually supported by the majority of the electorate. If the point of an election is to figure out what the majority wants, shouldn't that be more correctly called "breaking the election"?
Also, I think this also applies to fixing cats and dogs, more or less.
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a quite hilarious thought...
fix
/fɪks/, fixed or fixt, fix⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to repair; mend.
2. to put in order or in good condition; adjust or arrrange: She fixed her hair in a bun.
3. to make fast, firm, or stable.
4. to place definitely and more or less permanently: to fix a circus poster to a wall.
5. to settle definitely; determine: to fix a price.
It makes sense. You just have a fixed (<_<) sense of the definition for the word.
ix (v.)
c.1370, probably from O.Fr. *fixer, from fixe "fixed," from L. fixus, pp. of figere "to fix, fasten," from PIE base *dhigw- "to stick, to fix." Earliest Eng. usage was to "fix" one's eyes or mind on something; sense of "fasten, attach" is c.1400; that of "settle, assign" is pre-1500 and evolved into "adjust, arrange" (1663), then "repair" (1737).
The idea that it means to repair something, as shown here, is a more recent definition.
Not to be a jerk or anything. I just wanna spread some knowledge, =).
you got me! I'm just being prevaricative :)
prevaricative?
Haha, you going to be home this weekend?
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