Subject: Re: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

From: Jean Louis <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:17:49 +0300

* Richard Stallman <[email-masked]> [2023-02-14 07:52]:
>   > > 8 Scoring has
>   > > 
>   > >     Other people use “kill files”, but we here at Gnus Towers like scoring
>   > >     better than killing, so we’d rather switch than fight.  They do
>   > >     something completely different as well, so sit up straight and pay
>   > >     attention!
> 
> Can anyone explain that joke to me?  I don't get it.

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* Overview of noun score

The noun score has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (18) mark, grade, score -- (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?")
2. (8) score, musical score -- (a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata")
3. (4) score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0")
4. (4) score -- (a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned")
5. (1) score, account -- (grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful")
6. (1) score -- (the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score")
7. score -- (an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later")
8. score, scotch -- (a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally))
9. grudge, score, grievance -- (a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score")
10. score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play")
11. sexual conquest, score -- (a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang")

--
Jean

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