"Greeking" used to mean creating a story with dummy (random) contents so you could judge page layout. Though I'll be damned if I could find that definition via google.
That's what background actors are doing in a scene where they are having a discussion which isn't part of the dialogue, and thus is unheard by the observer.
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Oh. I see.
(No Pun Intended)
"Greeking" used to mean creating a story with dummy (random) contents so you could judge page layout. Though I'll be damned if I could find that definition via google.
LOL, I just wanted to apply Randall's joke.
But:
Sort of like "nattering and gromishing"...
That's what background actors are doing in a scene where they are having a discussion which isn't part of the dialogue, and thus is unheard by the observer.
> Though I'll be damned if I could find that definition via google.
You can find things through google?
I usually give up by the fourth page that has only the word "the" in common with my "exact phrase" search term.
One reason I never use anything but a meta-engine.
P.S., you DO realize that that's only the fourth time this year that the LA Times actually had a headline that was halfway accurate?
Hilarious! "We don't need no stinking editors!"
Lorum ipsum is Latin, not Greek.
Based on his 10:51 comment, I have the feeling OBH has read David Gerrold.
Chris:
I wasn't aware of that phrase before. Thanks--I now have a cite for "greeking."
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