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June 29, 2004

My bric a brac dream

I dreamt last night that I realized that "bric a brac" spelled backwards is "CARB A CRIB" (ok, so my dreams don't go into reverse very smoothly) and then spent what felt like an hour of dream time trying to come up with situations where one could sensibly utter such a statement.

Posted by D. Weinberger at June 29, 2004 04:07 PM


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David Weinberger points out an amazing fact, "bric a brac" spelled backwards is "carb a crib". It's one of those things you wonder why on earth you didn't think of it before. He's been trying to come up with situations in which you could sensibly utter... [Read More]

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Posted by: Rob | June 29, 2004 05:12 PM


CARB A CRIB (also known as CARB A CIRB):
An idiomatic expression used in the XML community for clutters of pointless and unproductive commentary within code and markup. Example:

Earliest usage: "Document your code, but try to avoid CARB A CRIB."

OK, it's weak, but I'm in serious procrastination mode, here.

Posted by: Grant Campbell | June 29, 2004 06:14 PM


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