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Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« on: October 05, 2021, 02:33:27 AM »
SPACER – change of status from rare to common. Absolutely everybody must know what a spacer is…
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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2021, 06:46:49 AM »
No.  What are they?
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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2021, 09:38:17 PM »
I was wondering that myself.  ;D

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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2021, 02:02:33 AM »
Okay - serious questions then...

Spacers are like thick washers as in bolt, washer, nut or, in this case bolt, spacer, nut...
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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2021, 09:22:17 AM »
Pandora bracelets have them too.
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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2021, 04:23:29 PM »
Also a term for a device used with asthma inhalers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma_spacer.

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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2021, 05:01:17 PM »
I guess I'm just not mechanically minded, don't wear bracelets and luckily don't have Asthma. :D
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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2021, 06:26:34 AM »
And for those who read science fiction, a fairly common gender-neutral for what used to be called spaceman.

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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2021, 02:14:14 PM »
SPACER – change of status from rare to common. Absolutely everybody must know what a spacer is…

I'm sometimes unsure about how seriously to take your pronouncements, RTT. Obviously there are people who don't know what a spacer is, so it will remain rare.

Further to birdy's contribution, the online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction identifies the word as having been used for "spaceman n.; esp. a civilian who travels or works in space" since 1937, and for a spaceship since 1939. Probably gender-neutrality wasn't a consideration in the early days. Just the genre's fondness for coining new words.

Despite these two senses, plus others in web design and surgery, I don't think the word is sufficiently well known for a change to be justified.
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Re: Sunday 3 October Challenge SCRAPPIER puzzle
« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2021, 08:54:03 PM »
I was truly astonished that this was not commonly known to people here - perhaps it is my handyman status that makes this so well known to me.

Yes, I'm a handyman - I live here; you can't get any handier than that!!!
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