No More Blogging For Thirty Minutes -- I Have To Catch My Breath -- The Economic News Is Breath-Taking

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Good luck to all.

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For That Cocktail Party Tonight

From The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language, Steven Pinker, c. 1994, page 167:

When you get a brand-new graphic equalizer for your stereo and aimlessly slide the knobs up and down to hear the effects, that is frobbing.

When you move the knobs by medium-sized amounts to get the sound to your general liking, that is twiddling.

When you make the final small adjustments to get it perfect, that is tweaking.

Not to be confused with twerking, which is something completely different.