[CoLoCo] New Name
David L. Willson
DLWillson at TheGeek.NU
Thu Apr 17 14:33:51 BST 2008
To me, the acronym seems fitting (see definition below), and the fact that we have not
used it out loud is amusing. However, I don't want to start calling the organization
"cult" rather than "coloco" in conversation with others, though. "colorado ubuntu
local/linux team" is a bit of a mouthful. Hm... I'm in favor of the change, I'll work
it out.
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Cult
Cult Cult (k[u^]lt) n. [F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr.
colere to cultivate. Cf. Cultus.]
1. Attentive care; homage; worship.
[1913 Webster]
Every one is convinced of the reality of a better
self, and of the cult or homage which is due to it.
--Shaftesbury.
[1913 Webster]
2. A system of religious belief and worship.
[1913 Webster]
That which was the religion of Moses is the
ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ.
--Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
3. A system of intense religious veneration of a particular
person, idea, or object, especially one considered
spurious or irrational by traditional religious bodies;
as, the Moonie cult.
[PJC]
4. The group of individuals who adhere to a cult (senses 2 or
3).
[PJC]
5. A strong devotion or interest in a particular person, idea
or thing without religious associations, or the people
holding such an interest; as, the cult of James Dean; the
cult of personality in totalitarian societies.
[PJC]
-- From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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