On Oct 30, 2:34Â*pm, Robatoy wrote:
On Oct 30, 1:56Â*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 30, 1:35Â*pm, Robatoy wrote:
On Oct 30, 12:55Â*am, RicodJour wrote:

My perspective is that if they want to use the good knives, they must
have good habits. Â*If not, there's a whole drawer full of sketchy
knives they can play with. Â*This goes for adults as well as kids.

Sketchy? Do you go to my kid's high school? G Sketchy is NOT a word
that means what you think it means, Rico.

Arguing semantics with me is like arguing with the dictionary.

sketch·y€‚ €‚/ˈskÉ›tʃi/
€“adjective,sketch·i·er, sketch·i·est.
1. like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials.
2. imperfect, incomplete, slight, or superficial: a sketchy meal.

or a thesaurus

thesaurus results
Main Entry: Â* Â* sketchy
Part of Speech: Â* Â* Â* Â* adjective
Definition: Â* Â* rough, incomplete
Synonyms: Â* Â* Â* coarse, crude, cursory, defective, depthless, faulty,
imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, introductory, outline,
perfunctory, preliminary, scrappy, shallow, skimpy, slight,
superficial, uncritical, unfinished, vague

At least six of those synonyms apply to the word as I used it. Â*Maybe
there is hope for the younger generation. Â*

As Mr. Monk would say about my hangup with words, "It's a
blessing...and a curse."


Oh, its usage may be correct (legal) but it's still lame.
And that is where the legalistic 'word' communities falls flat on
their faces. Many need to learn the difference between what is
accurate and legal, and what is appropriate. The hip and cool use
words like sketchy which is why I wondered why you selected it.

I am neither hip nor cool. Sketch and sketchy are words that have
been around for a long, long time. The fact that you have some
preconceived notion of what the word means, and when it came into
common usage, is at odds with the accepted definitions, its history
and derivation. I am not using a word based on your offspring's high
school usage in some northern colloquially-challenged clime, but using
it as God, the Dutch, Italians, Latin and Greek languages originally
intended it. The English word sketch came into use in the 17th
century, and it basically means a rough work or roughly made.

[C17: from Dutch schets, via Italian from Latin schedius hastily made,
from Greek skhedios unprepared]

The current issue rug rat uses the word sketchy in a different way -
to connote risk or unseemly behavior. I think these are also valid
definitions and do not diminish the word.

In any event, I have a drawer of sketchy knives that visitors,
children and other un-schooled interlopers are welcome to use and
abuse. Touch my good knives (or chisels) and I'll hurt you.

R