OT: Word for the day: retrude

Today's word, thixotropic, as in thixotropic jelly, the substance that cushions fiber optics in undersea cables, what's surrounding the bits that some of you are reading this forum with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thixotropy

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palerider wrote:Today's word, thixotropic, as in thixotropic jelly, the substance that cushions fiber optics in undersea cables, what's surrounding the bits that some of you are reading this forum with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thixotropy

reference:
How the internet works.

I though it was called Mud. What was the word for yesterday? Jim

At some point, it became faddish to say, when you are eating excellent french fries and shake the ketchup bottle to get ketchup out, that the thixotropic property of ketchup is why the shaking action aids in getting the ketchup out and onto your fries.

But, this is a misunderstanding. It's actually the yield stress that does the job when you shake the bottle.

"Thixotropic" impresses people more, but "yield stress" is the correct term.

Of course, squeezable bottles brought a new dimension.

Of course, ketchup usually leaves the bottle according to more common rules.
Otherwise, why else would half the condiment end up all over fries, plate, table, and dining companions?

ChicagoGranny wrote:At some point, it became faddish to say, when you are eating excellent french fries and shake the ketchup bottle to get ketchup out, that the thixotropic property of ketchup is why the shaking action aids in getting the ketchup out and onto your fries.

But, this is a misunderstanding. It's actually the yield stress that does the job when you shake the bottle.

"Thixotropic" impresses people more, but "yield stress" is the correct term.

er, no.
Ketchup is not a thixotropic fluid, nor even related other than being in an entirely different class of non-newtonian fluid.

Thixotropic is characterized as having a time dependent viscosity, and it's apparent viscosity decreases with the duration of the stress, such as: Yogurt, xanthan gum solutions, aqueous iron oxide gels, gelatin gels, pectin gels, hydrogenated castor oil, some clays (including bentonite, and montmorillonite), carbon black suspension in molten tire rubber, some drilling muds, many paints, many floc suspensions, many colloidal suspensions.

Ketchup, actually is in the class of time-independent viscosity, it's sheer thinning, (pseudoplastic) and it's apparent viscosity decreases with increased stress. things such as: Nail polish, whipped cream, ketchup, molasses, syrups, paper pulp in water, latex paint, ice, blood, some silicone oils, some silicone coatings, sand in water.

nice try, whoever's posting as Granny today.

Looking forward to the word of the day going ahead ...

Uncle_Bob wrote:Looking forward to the word of the day going ahead ...

Me too!

Maybe a simple one like
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psychotropic or just internut-rider

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ChicagoGranny wrote:At some point, it became faddish to say, when you are eating excellent french fries and shake the ketchup bottle to get ketchup out, that the thixotropic property of ketchup is why the shaking action aids in getting the ketchup out and onto your fries.

Yes, faddish it was. Ketchup even made it into urbandictionary.com definition of thixotropic and, more surprisingly, Wikipedia.

Maybe you want to edit the Wikipedia article, Granny?

The Choker wrote:

ChicagoGranny wrote:At some point, it became faddish to say, when you are eating excellent french fries and shake the ketchup bottle to get ketchup out, that the thixotropic property of ketchup is why the shaking action aids in getting the ketchup out and onto your fries.

Yes, faddish it was. Ketchup even made it into urbandictionary.com definition of thixotropic and, more surprisingly, Wikipedia.

Maybe you want to edit the Wikipedia article, Granny?

perhaps she did.... since it conflicts with the entry on non-newtonian fluids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Newtonian_fluid (which has rather more references)

todays word, "retrude".

as in, some wish the new smack talking alleged dentist would retrude himself.


retrude play
transitive verb re·trude \ri-ˈtrüd\
Medical Definition of retrude
retruded; retruding

: to move backward : displace posteriorly <retrude the mandible>

palerider wrote:as in, some wish the new smack talking alleged dentist would retrude himself.

Ha! I like it

Troll, he could be.

Little green things, funny they talk.