Talk:salt

Ionic compound

I don't get the point of the first sense

"An ionic compound composed of an alkalai [sic] metal atom and a halogen atom."

All these compounds can also be formed in an acid+base reaction. Anyone with an explanation as to why these are considered different senses? I removed it, (and updated the numbers of the translation-references) but if there really is some detail of the removed sense (above) which is not included in the present first sense, I'm all ears... \Mike 11:24, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Removal

Why was an entire section just removed without comment? 71.66.97.228 19:44, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

missing figurative verb sense

We're missing a verb sense which alludes to salting earth to ensure nothing grows, but which is figurative. For example, on RFDO I just suggested salting a page: making it a redirect rather than deleting it, because it could easily be recreated if it were merely deleted, but not if it were made a redirect and protected. - -sche (discuss) 02:51, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Added. Gershonmk (talk) 02:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Salting a memo

Various slang dictionaries give the phrase "salt a memo", but it's hard to find actual usage. e.g. (Shafritz 2018) "One way to trace leaks is to salt a memo: Give ever so slightly altered versions of the same memo to members of a group and see whose version is leaked." Equinox ◑ 19:07, 18 February 2020 (UTC)