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moot (adj.) — Of no practical importance; irrelevant. a moot question.
mute (adj.) — Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
People of the U.S.:
When someone brings up a question or topic of debate that is not relevant or doesn’t have any bearing on the discussion at hand, it’s a moot point, not a mute point.
Cripes.
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09:10 AM, 08.30.02
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Comments
Big big big BIG difference.
My peeve, too.
posted by jenn, August 30, 2002 10:11 AM
Nucular is my peeve. Though I love when Jesse Jackson was on SNL doing a game show, The Point Is Moot. I'll never forget its meaning.
posted by Julia, August 30, 2002 11:48 AM
Rrg. Yeah, that one bugs me, too. Though nucyuler bugs me more. Especially from folks (like, say, the frickin' President) who ought to know better.
posted by *** Dave, August 30, 2002 12:13 PM
Ha! My manager always says "mute" so one night when we were all working wayyy too late, I helped him see the light. Now he almost always says "moot".
posted by Lisa, August 30, 2002 10:02 PM
Ah, but I remember moot when it was a town meeting in the Icelandic sagas. When a moot point really meant something. (Sigh) Those were the days.
posted by dust, August 31, 2002 06:35 AM
Both those words sound funny. We should purge them from the language.
posted by Dan the Goose, September 3, 2002 05:01 AM
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