Talk:dark

Same as dull?

Does dark always mean dull or vice versa? — This unsigned comment was added by 87.194.35.230 (talk) at 15:22, 8 October 2006.

No. Black is always dark, but could be, for example, shiny. White is not dark; but it could be dull, flat. DCDuring TALK 20:40, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Military(?) slang?/nomenclature for time

...as in "Zero Dark Thirty"? --Nat (talk) 00:51, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

We have zero dark thirty: are you suggesting a broader use of dark in such phrases? Equinox ◑ 14:52, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Dark vowels

This doesn't cover "dark vowels" in phonetics. Equinox ◑ 19:02, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[1], [2], [3], [4]

"dark vowel" = "back vowel"? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 18:58, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes. Created dark vowel (but perhaps we still need something here, if one can say "[vowel] is dark", etc. Equinox ◑ 14:53, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

Closed (of theatre, etc.)

Apparently it can also mean something like "closed down; not in use", as of a theatre or TV studio. Obviously this is hard to attest because those places can also be literally dark, dimly lit. Equinox ◑ 14:54, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

before/after dark

why are there entries for before/after dark but not for before/after midnight? --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:14, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Dark as Buzzword for Political Enemy- Demonization

There is what I see as a sinster dog whistle use of 'dark', maybe a subsense, used as a poltical buzzword as here [5]. It is used like "Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malign.", but this use becomes sinister in that it backs off from the full implications of that definition and is more vague/undefined, perhaps to avoid charges of slander, perhaps to make a quasi-spiritual connection in a new age spiritual sense. It uses "That's so dark." to impugn the moral character of the other without making any specific charge or even necessarily reaching the heigh of 'sinister' or 'malign'. Signaling 'political enemy' via an undefined sense. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 01:30, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

One YouTube video isn't much. Your vague suggestion needs some great print citations, please. (Remember that "dark" and "black" have had sinister connotations forever, because humans are afraid of the dark. Not racism!) Equinox ◑ 01:32, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

See Talk:refute, Talk:Yilan, and Talk:Kuomingtang where I make ongoing comments that pile on what I see as relevant evidence to a particular point. My method is to collect things as I run into them and then if they amount to anything, try to assemble something for the main entry. Regarding that first video above, the person is called dark & light, then their purchase of a website is referenced in the analogy as the thing that is dark, while other characteristics are light, and then dark & light are mentioned again. Note that there is nothing inherently dark about a purchase of a website except the encoded political enemy aspect- a spontaneous website purchase by a political friend could not be dark. So I see the conversation flowing like this: "He has a dark side and a good side deeply connected. The dark side is the spontaneous purchase of a website and the good side is inventions. The dark side is demonic and is bound to the good side." But there was no inherent moral evil in the dark side except the political judgment that the subject is an enemy. Dark is a term used for political demonization without saying anything specific or as rough as "demonic", even if you do make that link explicit later, hence [6] --Geographyinitiative (talk) 02:01, 12 September 2023 (UTC)