I did not write this test question:
12) Which of these best describes how energy spreads from an energy-producing source?
a. 1 dementionally like dominoes falling in a line
b. 1 dementionally like a boulder rolling down a hill, going faster and faster
c. 2 dementionally like rings of water coming from a rock dropped in water
d. 3 dementionally like layers of an onion from the center going out
(sic, like, really sic)
Disregarding other potentially discussion-worthy issues of syntax, imagine for a moment that this amazing misspelling ("dementionally") were intentional, and, perhaps, a portmanteaux (think Humpty Dumpty's discussion on "Jabberwocky," or other words like gerrymander, spork, Brangelina), what would it mean?
12) Which of these best describes how energy spreads from an energy-producing source?
a. 1 dementionally like dominoes falling in a line
b. 1 dementionally like a boulder rolling down a hill, going faster and faster
c. 2 dementionally like rings of water coming from a rock dropped in water
d. 3 dementionally like layers of an onion from the center going out
(sic, like, really sic)
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dementionally
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--adverb
1. In a demented manner, as it pertains to the time-space continuum: "8th grade science tests dementionally influence the intelligence of the universe."
2. Referring to a Dementor: see creatures in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series
3. (Vulgar) DIMENSIONALLY
2. alt: adj., dementorially
ReplyDeleteDEMENTOR: to undo the effects done by a mentor