icki

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icki

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fu'ivla

creator

rik

time entered

Wed Jun 6 03:33:32 2018  

English

Definition #70769 - Preferred

 

definition

x₁ “rearranges/shifts/shuffles the deck chairs on the Titanic/is bikeshedding,” with action x₂, which is pointless by standard x₃ for fixing problem x₄.

notes

To do something pointless when there are bigger problems, such as rearranging the deck chairs on the sinking Titanic or discussing what materials to build a bikeshed out of when approving plans for a nuclear power plant.

gloss words

• bikeshedding
• rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
• shift the deck chairs on the Titanic
• shuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic

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rik

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time

Wed Jun 6 03:33:32 2018

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