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Latest comment: 4 years ago by Mihia in topic RFD discussion: March 2020
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Is in several other dictionaries at https://www.onelook.com/?w=quick%20fix , but I'm failing to see this as anything more than quick + fix. How is it different from e.g. quick repair? Is it sufficient of a set phrase? Mihia (talk) 19:40, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- To me, a quick repair would mean, a real repair that was realized in a quick period of time. Problem solved. A quick fix, on the contrary, is not a fix. The problem remains, but its symptoms have temporarily been masked. --Lambiam 21:25, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- Can't one say e.g. "I'll just do a quick repair now and sort it out properly later"? Mihia (talk) 22:44, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- One can. But if someone just tells me, “I’ll do a quick repair”, my default interpretation, lacking any indication to the contrary, is that they will do a quick but proper repair. If, on the other hand, they tell me, “I’ll do a quick fix”, my default interpretation is that they inform me it will not be a proper job solving the problem. --Lambiam 09:59, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- I have definitely heard and read "quick fix" as a distinct term, similar to kludge or hack. Rauisuchian (talk) 02:47, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Can't one say e.g. "I'll just do a quick repair now and sort it out properly later"? Mihia (talk) 22:44, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- I have struck this as, on reflection, I think it probably is enough of a set phrase. Mihia (talk) 23:40, 17 March 2020 (UTC)