Talk:rot

ROT Rule of thumb

Rot=Logorrhoea?

Although logorrhoea may be defined as talking rot for long periods, it shouldn't work the other way, rot doesn't equal logorrhoea.

Well, we don't define it as logorrhoea; if we ever did, that's been removed. Equinox ◑ 10:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

That definition was added at 15:36, the above comment was added at 19:08, and the definition was replaced at 19:20, all on 22 December, 2008. Chuck Entz (talk) 02:37, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

attention!!!

Rot also means with rubbish according to little oxford english dictionary, Indian Edition ninth edition. Please take it into consideration. Ishanbull (talk) 10:25, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

I believe that's our existing meaning "verbal nonsense", i.e. "you're talking rot!" (rubbish). Equinox ◑ 10:40, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Colloq

@PUC is this colloquial? it's not marked as such on fr.wikt. Jberkel 15:53, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

@Jberkel: It does feel rather colloquial to me, and Larousse, Le Robert and the TLFI all bear this out. But it's probably the closest we have to a standard, "neutral" word for this; the synonymous éructation sounds rather formal, while renvoi is euphemistic. PUC – 16:10, 17 November 2023 (UTC)