Talk:dirty

What about "dirty hands"?

The entry should also explain the meaning of dirty hands and the idiom "get someone's hands dirty". Or does that have to be in a separate entry? 213.163.65.33 18:06, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

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We have two computing senses apparently angling at the same thing. The first one (which looks good) is "Containing data which need to be written back to a larger memory"; the other, which I am RFVing here, is "Containing data which need to be overwritten." Equinox ◑ 08:46, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Neither is a very good definition. I suggest combining the two senses as "Containing data with a parity or checksum error, and thus needing to be rewritten." Dbfirs 15:09, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

The second definition (the one being RFV'd) may be a bad definition for the sense you describe; or, the sense you describe may be a separate one that needs to be added separately. Either way, the first definition (the one not being RFV'd) is something completely different; see e.g. google:"dirty checking". It can perhaps be improved, but it definitely can't be combined into the sense you describe. —Ruakh_TALK 17:40, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't have to be a parity or checksum error. For example, a wordprocessor document is "dirty" if it's been modified by the user since the last save (once indicated by an asterisk in the title bar in Windows, but that doesn't seem to be fashionable any more). Equinox ◑ 22:40, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense removed. —Ruakh_TALK 01:34, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Also "pornographic"?

As a narrower version of the immoral/unclean sense, as in dirty book, dirty magazine. Equinox ◑ 15:31, 9 February 2020 (UTC)

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dirty

"Of food, indulgent in an unhealthy way. The waiter served dirty burgers to the customers." This is not how I would interpret the example: I would think that burgers were unhygienic, or that they were some sort of branded or trademarked "Dirty Burger" as described here [1]. Equinox ◑ 15:44, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

All I could find was this:

• 2020, Mellissa Sevigny, Squeaky Clean Keto: Next Level Keto to Hack Your Health, Victory Belt Publishing (→ISBN), page 13:

  Dirty keto refers to an approach that follows the typical keto macro ratios, but the components include “dirty” foods like fast food, packaged convenience foods, processed meats, artificially sweetened diet sodas and sports drinks, and unhealthy ...

It seems to be used in the "KETO" literature. There is also:

• 2020, Stephanie Laska, William Laska, The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO Dirt Cheap Cookbook, page 24:

  Let's get real! Dirty Keto empowers you to decide which ingredients or products to enjoy. Splenda, low-carb tortillas, and protein bars are all fair game. Hell, you might even enjoy a hot dog or a fast-food hamburger while still losing weight.

• 2020, E. K. Blair, Erika Rivera, Dirty Keto: How to Cheat Without Getting Caught:

  (see title)

Other than the "dirty keto" uses, all I could find was:

• 2003, Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, Perl Cookbook, page xix:

  You can call it quick-and-dirty if you like, but there are billions of dollars out there riding on the supposition that fast food is not necessarily dirty food.

Kiwima (talk) 23:29, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 01:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)