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Jdaw prompted this by objecting to the use of the word on the label's created for the event known as The Deeper Underground Offline.

I have no idea how this word came to be used. I also have no idea whether or not it should be hyphenated as 'Off-line' or not.

Does anyone know the origin, meaning and correct punctuation?

For the record, I'm with Jdaw on this one. It's stupid.

Derek

Because we are currently "on-line"

KillerB wrote:Because we are currently "on-line"

Really? Did you make that up?

Derek T. wrote:

KillerB wrote:Because we are currently "on-line"

Really? Did you make that up?

Really? No. It's a standard term. We will be off-line together. I would change it to something less techo and American but most people understand it.

KillerB wrote:

Derek T. wrote:

KillerB wrote:Because we are currently "on-line"

Really? Did you make that up?

Really? No. It's a standard term. We will be off-line together. I would change it to something less techo and American but most people understand it.

As that is three people who have now expressed a preference not to use Offline the labels now say...

THE DEEPER UNDERGROUND PORT TASTING

Derek

Derek T. wrote:

KillerB wrote:

Derek T. wrote:

KillerB wrote:Because we are currently "on-line"

Really? Did you make that up?

Really? No. It's a standard term. We will be off-line together. I would change it to something less techo and American but most people understand it.

As that is three people who have now expressed a preference not to use Offline the labels now say...

THE DEEPER UNDERGROUND PORT TASTING

Derek

Sounds good to me.

Go on Derek, I'm curious. What did you think it might of meant?

As Alex said, it merely originated from people 'On-Line' saying that something couldn't be done until I'm/we're 'Off-Line'.
It wasn't a huge jump for people to start saying that we'll need to get together Off-Line,etc,etc.

Are you having some mid-life Epiphany, were you're looking at the word, wide-eyed, asking questions...

Conky wrote:Go on Derek, I'm curious. What did you think it might of meant?

As Alex said, it merely originated from people 'On-Line' saying that something couldn't be done until I'm/we're 'Off-Line'.
It wasn't a huge jump for people to start saying that we'll need to get together Off-Line,etc,etc.

Are you having some mid-life Epiphany, were you're looking at the word, wide-eyed, asking questions...

Alan,

To be honest, I haven't given it much thought at all until today and just assumed it was a general wine/port lovers name for a tasting of any kind. I hadn't made the intelectual leap to associating it with tastings organised by Internerds like us. (have I just invented a new word?)

Mid-life Epiphony? Perhaps. Or maybe it's the lack of alcohol

I first encountered the term when engaging in a conference call some eighteen months ago. In that context it simply meant muting each party's telephone to have a confidential discussion. To that extent it bears no similarity to this Forum's usage. That, being face to face, is something I first noted on the Roy Hersh site.

Are we at the cutting edge of linguistic evolution or are we a bunch of linguistically challenged nerds? I only ask because I want to know.

Overtired and emotional wrote: I only ask because I want to know.

...and I want to know if I've invented a new word

Derek T. wrote:

Overtired and emotional wrote: I only ask because I want to know.

...and I want to know if I've invented a new word

Internerds or epiphony?

The term off-line has been used on wine sites since I joined WineSpectator more than five years ago. VinoCellar, Wino Depot, FTLOP, eBob and Tom Cannavan's site all use it.

KillerB wrote: Internerds or epiphony?

Both - I'm on fire today

I just googled Internerds, it seems I wasn't the first to think of it. It's even a real word in Peru

Oh well, back to doing something usefull...

Derek T. wrote:

KillerB wrote: Internerds or epiphony?

Both - I'm on fire today

Google gave 10,500 replies to Internerd, inc. Urban Dictionary:

1. internerd
fictitious proper noun;

:used as slang for "Internet"
:"Internet" being - connecting nerds

noun;

a person who is deemed to be on the Internet too much;
or, takes the Internet too seriously for the likes of others

proper noun;
"I spent all night browsing the Internerd."

noun;
"He was on the computer all night. He's such an Internerd."



15,700 for Epiphony, inc. Urban Dictionary:

1. epiphony

Variation on "epiphany." A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something as a result of listening to a particular song. Often, the more obsure the lyrics or music is, the deeper the resulting epiphonistic experience.

"Dude, I had a total epiphony about my relationship with Riama after listening to that Radiohead song."


That's a no then

Yes, but what about offline?

Overtired and emotional wrote:Yes, but what about offline?

Is that with or without a hyphen - or should it be an m-dash?