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>I was reading either Windows magazine or Boardwatch (I think it was
>Boardwatch) the other day and they used "redux" in one of their article
>titles.
>Could it be an abbreviation of a more common word?
>- Reduction or reductive seem like the obvious candidates, but the
>meanings of those words don't jibe with how redux is used.
>- Redundancy is a possibility, in the sense of overabundance or
>excessive profusion.
>- Reduplicate means to repeat--that could work, though it would be a
>stretch.
>- And finally, "reductio ad absurdum" means a reduction to an
>absurdity.
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I believed Redux was a cutsie abbreviation of Reduction. The only time I ever
heard of the word (before the C-thread) was a feature in Vegetarian Times
called Recipe Redux (boy, did THIS get off topic!). They "reduced" the
fat/calories/animal products in favorite recipes.
Kathleen
kpadova -at- millstar -dot- com
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