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No, I'm not fully informed on every "secret," chocolate cake recipy in existence, but I'm fully aware there's any number of people in the general public who are. It's called deductive reasoning, my friend. It's simple math: 1 + 1 = 2.
Originally posted by ShadowXIX
secret
adj 1: not open or public; kept private or not revealed
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
3: not openly made known
4: communicated covertly
5: not expressed
6: designed to elude detection
7: hidden from general view or use
This is the very definition of the word secret. It does not say anywhere that only one person has to know for it to be a secret.
Dictionary.com
Originally posted by WestPoint23
No, I'm not fully informed on every "secret," chocolate cake recipy in existence, but I'm fully aware there's any number of people in the general public who are. It's called deductive reasoning, my friend. It's simple math: 1 + 1 = 2.
Your terminology is stupid just cuz I don't know how to cook something i can go and look it up and find out can you go and look up what the skunk works is building right this very instance no you cant why? Because it secret genius. And do you know about a cold war bunker that was build to house the congress it remained a secret the media or the public did not know about it for over 40 years cuz it was secret.
Originally posted by neomoniker
Okay, so therefore, since this "secret" has been revealed on a ATS topic thread, it is, by definition, no longer a secret. Right?
secret [Show phonetics] noun 1 [C] a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others:
se�cret
adj.
Kept hidden from knowledge or view;
Main Entry: 1se�cret
Pronunciation: 'sE-kr&t
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, distinguish, from se- apart + cernere to sift -- more at SECEDE, CERTAIN
1 a : kept from knowledge or view
Main Entry: 2secret
Function: noun
1 a : something kept hidden or unexplained : MYSTERY b : something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few
Originally posted by waynos
Aren't you all getting a little carried away? THIS was the X-22A
www.unrealaircraft.com...
Originally posted by Echtelion
Neomoniker, you just don't get it. A secret is not something that is only of "personal" or private matter. This is a piece of information that cannot be disclosed, that you are NOT ALLOWED to disclose to other people that don,t know. There's a whole world of difference between having a private conversation with a mate and being under strict order to not reveal a bit of info that you have discussed with him/her to other people.
Considering this is about the definition of secrecy, here's a few official english definitions for the word:
From the Cambridge English Dictionary:
secret [Show phonetics] noun 1 [C] a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others:
From yourdictionary.com:
se�cret
adj.
Kept hidden from knowledge or view;
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
Main Entry: 1se�cret
Pronunciation: 'sE-kr&t
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, distinguish, from se- apart + cernere to sift -- more at SECEDE, CERTAIN
1 a : kept from knowledge or view
Main Entry: 2secret
Function: noun
1 a : something kept hidden or unexplained : MYSTERY b : something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few
So both the adjective and noun form of the word "secret" relates to the action of keeping a piece of information away from others. It's not about neing privvy, this is about being exclusive and secretive. It's about hiding things from others rather than getting up close and personal with some specific people.
Now would you go as far as contesting the work of the linguists that made those definitions? Really, if you're THAT pretentious, then go for it... but that's beyond me!
Originally posted by devilwasp
why are you fighting over the meaining of secret?
also is no one gona answer my question?
"a disc can only fly properly when spinning" if so does the craft spin?