[rspec-devel] crazy semantic question

Jeff Whitmire jeff at jwhitmire.com
Sat Jun 21 19:46:14 EDT 2008


signicality?
Just kidding, I like tone which has already been suggested.

A look at a thesaurus also yielded: mood, feeling, aura, timbre.  Not sure I
like any of those better than tone though.

Jeff.

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM, David Chelimsky <dchelimsky at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Help please. I'm struggling to find the right word. Here are some
> statements - can you fill in the ???:
>
> The sign of +1 is positive.
> The sign of -1 is negative.
>
> The polarity of this magnet is positive.
> The polarity of that magnet is negative.
>
> The ??? of the expression "x should y" is positive.
> The ??? of the expression "x should not y" is negative.
>
> I've already ruled out 'should-ness' :)
>
> Cheers,
> David
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