Talk:paper board
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Or should this be at RFD as sum-of-parts? (Describes any board of directors, pejoratively, no?) --Connel MacKenzie 00:56, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
What sum of parts. It's idiomatic, the board members are not made out of paper. My first thought when I saw this was that it was some sort of cardboard.--Dmol 10:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, I didn't see any google hits for this sense but it does seem to be an alternative spelling for paperboard (w:Paperboard). Kappa 00:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Point taken. Paper board might not exist in that definition, but a sum of parts arguement surely does not apply here.--Dmol 07:39, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
As the author of the disputed definition, I first would like to apologize about about formatting problems, as I am a new user. As far as the origin of the word goes, it is relatively common slang in the non-profit world. I could not find terms that turned up this meaning on google, not did I find it on some online dictionaries and thesauruses.
I do not feel that "paperboard" would be correct spelling, as the contraction has no point. The Paper element and the Board element are not empirically integrated or inherently inseparable, as the pulp product is. It is sounded as two distinct words, actually the separation is used as an added emphasis. A "paper board" is inherently highly descriptive to anyone who has had the unfortunate experience of sitting on one, however, and when the term was told to me, I practically jumped for joy.
Thank you editors, for all your hard work. - - cognitdiss 12:28, 9 May 2007 (PST)
RFV failed, sense removed. —RuakhTALK 21:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)