new acronym proposal? "fresh from the hone" -- FFTH

I've been reading several people report that when the razor is 'fresh from the hone' (FFTH), the first couple shaves aren't great, but get better, then peak, and finally decline in comfort after so many more shaves.

This has also been my (limited) experience. Is this a consensus?

If so, I suggest we call this the "FFTH effect", or something so it's easy to reference, without having to go through the detailed explanation every time.

Cheers,
E

PS - It's highly likely that I've been working for a company that loves acronyms for too long, and I've been successfully assimilated!

I like it. I'll use it.

X

I'm all for jargon and acronyms (makes me sound smart :D), but, I think we better start building a glossary.

First time I saw the acronym I only saw the FFT part and thought "Fast Fourier Transform"... man I'm a geek :\

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Originally Posted by ToxIk

I'm all for jargon and acronyms (makes me sound smart :D), but, I think we better start building a glossary.

First time I saw the acronym I only saw the FFT part and thought "Fast Fourier Transform"... man I'm a geek :\

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Maybe the FFTH is the hyperbolic FFT...like sinh or cosh...
/fellow geek

Some razors due mellow out after a few shaves. Then I have had some that give the best shave ever FFTH.

Glen

Nirvana for me will be the day I can get that perfect shave with a newly stopped razor FFTH. I've been able to get a consistently good shave and keep my razors in good shape so far, but they've all had to go through about 2 shaves before becoming more comfortable. I must still be doing something wrong with the honing, but I think I'm getting closer...

E

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Originally Posted by Quatsch

Maybe the FFTH is the hyperbolic FFT...like sinh or cosh...
/fellow geek

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That would be HFFT.
/not that kind of geek:nono:

X

I hate acronyms. Use it, but don't ask me to answer every newbie that pops the question: "uhm, I'm sorry, but what does FFHT, BBS, RAD and all that other c**p mean??"

And to quote Mr. Douglas Adams: "WWW is the only acronym I know of which takes longer time to pronounce than the words it stands for."

Nenad

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Originally Posted by superfly

And to quote Mr. Douglas Adams: "WWW is the only acronym I know of which takes longer time to pronounce than the words it stands for."

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Not the way I pronounce it ... 'wuh, wuh, wuh". :D

X

in dutch we pronounce it "way way way" I never got that in English anyway...."dubbelyoudubbelyoudybbelyou". I mean just look at the difference!
"dubbelyoudubbelyoudybbelyou"
"waywayway"
I like dutch :)

Anyway, I'm against acronyms. The only one I've liked so far is: SWMBO simply because it made me laught when I found out that it meant "She Who Must Be Obeyed".

I always just omit the www. The way DNS works, you very rarely need it.
Acronyms are neutral in my book, but it's always fun to try and pronounce the ones without any vowels as words :)

I skip the "www" & ".com". You can just type, for example, "straightrazorplace" in the browser & hit control-enter. You can also call the www "tri-dub" ;)

I remember the late night comedian David Letterman explaining how to reach the network's webpage. More or less: "Just open up your doublya doublya doublya, there, and type in, uh, doublya doublya doublya doublya dot NBC dot, uh, com or what-have-you, and if that doesn't work, just add on some more doublyas."

Actually, FFTH is an abbreviation not an acronym. ;)

Hal

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Originally Posted by halwilson

Actually, FFTH is an abbreviation not an acronym. ;)

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Nope. Or at least, that's not a useful distinction, as an acronym is a subcategory of abbreviation.

An abbreviation is a neologism that creates a shorter form of some longer word or phrase. For example, "str8" would be a popular abbreviation for the phrase "straight razor".

An acronym is, clearly, an abbreviation, because it takes a phrase and makes it shorter and more memorable. However, it does so through a very specific mechanism: it takes the first letter or letters from the major words of a compound phrase and combines them into a new word. In most cases, this word is also a neologism in that it doesn't usually form an acronymic word that's also a normal word.

Laser, formerly LASER, is an acronym: Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Similarly, CIA: Central Intelligence Agency.

FFTH is clearly an acronym and not merely an abbreviation because it draws its meaning from the initial letters of "Fresh From The Hone".

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Originally Posted by piper

Nope. Or at least, that's not a useful distinction, as an acronym is a subcategory of abbreviation.

An abbreviation is a neologism that creates a shorter form of some longer word or phrase. For example, "str8" would be a popular abbreviation for the phrase "straight razor".

An acronym is, clearly, an abbreviation, because it takes a phrase and makes it shorter and more memorable. However, it does so through a very specific mechanism: it takes the first letter or letters from the major words of a compound phrase and combines them into a new word. In most cases, this word is also a neologism in that it doesn't usually form an acronymic word that's also a normal word.

Laser, formerly LASER, is an acronym: Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Similarly, CIA: Central Intelligence Agency.

FFTH is clearly an acronym and not merely an abbreviation because it draws its meaning from the initial letters of "Fresh From The Hone".

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Yeah. What he said!:shrug:

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Originally Posted by halwilson

Actually, FFTH is an abbreviation not an acronym. ;)

Hal

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Hal,

Good point, and good catch! I hadn't thought of it. SO, to make this an acronym, the conversation would have to go like this?

"My razor is sharper than yours!"

"Is not!"

"Is, too!"

"Is not!"

"Is, too!"

<putting thumbs in ears, wriggling fingers and sticking out tongue> "FFTH"!

RT

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Originally Posted by xman

That would be HFFT.
/not that kind of geek:nono:

X

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haha, FFTH just follows convention...hyperbolic sine and hyperbolic cosine are abbreviated sinh and cosh respectively...

Anyway, let's put an end to this tangent:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Quatsch

haha, FFTH just follows convention...hyperbolic sine and hyperbolic cosine are abbreviated sinh and cosh respectively...

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Told you I wasn't that kind of geek. :) BTW, IMHO it's an acronym. :D

X

Well as my Dad used to say, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. lol... ;)

Hal

If you want to use an acronym, perhaps FOTH (Fresh Off The Hone) would do the trick.

Hal

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Originally Posted by halwilson

If you want to use an acronym, perhaps FOTH (Fresh Off The Hone) would do the trick.

Hal

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I like that also, either work for me...

E

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Originally Posted by halwilson

If you want to use an acronym, perhaps FOTH (Fresh Off The Hone) would do the trick.

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Oooooooo, I like that one better. I'm FOTH-ing at the strop. :D

X

Are we STTD? (Stropping This To Death):shrug:


Jim:cool:

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Are we STTD? (Stropping This To Death):shrug:


Jim:cool:

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Jim,

You know how some threads just seem to go...SOS. Or SS/DD.

RT

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Jim,

You know how some threads just seem to go...SOS. Or SS/DD.

RT

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Here's NOT one. YES or Affirmative, so as to not confuse the acronym, abbreviation crowd!!!

Jim:cool: