I found a new word!

[old man emu]

It is said that Shakespeare was one of the greatest expansioner of the English lexicon, using obscure, but often colloquial words and sayings in his works that were contemporary contemporary to his times. However, it seems that our good friend and ally between the Atlantic and Pacific is fast coming to overtake him.

 

Have a look at his new word I found in this article that Phil referred us to:

 

Could a New Cessna Find Its Way to the Battlefield?

 

“That’s sort of in a sweet spot where you can get in, infiltrate, exfiltrate, but also small enough where you can do recon work,” Aboulafia said of the Caravan.

 

Nothing like using three syllables where two would do, i.e. get out

 

 

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[Yenn]

I thought it was the rubbish left after the filtration process.

 

 

[spacesailor]

The bit at the bottom of the cesspit, were you have to jump in to physically shovel it out. LoL

 

spacesailor

 

 

[spacesailor]

Maybe it's one of the millions of words lost by the Grey army of Australia. LoL

 

spacesailor

 

 

[facthunter]

Filtrate is what passes through a filter. Why not just call it filtered?

 

Infiltrate involves getting there but not being obvious. It's done surreptitiously. Exfiltrate would be "leaving" without attracting attention in a similar sense. Nev

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Could it be an adjective - i.e. that is filtered water?

 

 

[old man emu]

Could it be an adjective - i.e. that is filtered water?

No. That construction is an abbreviation of the clause "That is water, which has been filtered." In this case, the verb involving the component "filtered" is in the Passive Voice.

 

 

[facthunter]

Is it that simple.? Can the term on a label not define one type of water from another? Nev

 

 

[old man emu]

It all comes down to the way language is used on a day-to-day basis, and how a language evolves while it is a living language.

 

And now I will attempt to exfiltrate myself from this conversation.