Bokeh; did you know?

[NB23]

Did you know that the word Bokeh actually means “Crutch”?

And it also means “I’m insecure”.

In what language? If someone asks you who told you that, just tell them I did.

 

[jvo]

Respectfully, are you an etymologist? interested amateur, expert? Happened to come across a history of the word? find it in you funk and wagnalls? Noted researcher who uncovers meaning and origins of words?

Some folks have questioned my "reasoning" lately. I can't even say "Ralph told me", and a bit hesitant to identify NB23, (from the planet Zorgon?), as the basis for the redefinition.

 

[AZD]

It was probably the Urban Dictionary. In any case, I find his definition perfectly cromulent.

 

[MattKing]

A crutch is something that adds movement to the life of someone/thing that was formerly rendered immobile. Sounds fine to me.

 

[Cholentpot]

I shoot everything wide open. I'm open minded.

 

[Helge]

This is OG bokeh.
Literally.
Kind of helps direct the gaze, hmm?

 

[AgX]

Graphic is by Kitano Tsunetomi from 1929.

 

[Steven Lee]

@NB23 I have the same dictionary on my bookshelf. Let's see...

"3D pop" - the popping sound of a marketing bubble bursting
"tonality" - pompous expression for liking a random image
"scanning" - mysterious witchcraft worthy of burning a stranger for
"lens rendering" - random combination of optical defects for masking mediocre compositions
"leica" - test target for practicing product photography on a smartphone

 

[Cholentpot]

OP is a troll. OP posts option slanted towards argument and ghosts.

OP is a vermicious knid.

 

[lecarp]

OP is a troll. OP posts option slanted towards argument and ghosts.

OP is a vermicious knid.

Maybe Op suffers from logorrhea?

 

[Cholentpot]

Maybe Op suffers from logorrhea?

I suspect OP may be a Hornsnozzler.

 

[jvo]

"stupidity got us into this mess, stupidity will get us out."

 

[gone]

"stupidity got us into this mess, stupidity will get us out."

Good thing it's election time in the states. Plenty of stupidity there for everyone. Free, never a charge.

 

[Helge]

Graphic is by Kitano Tsunetomi from 1929.

Viva la reverse image search.

Gradated backgrounds and transitioning swaths of colour has been a part of Japanese and indeed Chinese painting and woodblock prints for a long, long time.
That is the original pictorial bokeh.

Bokeh is haze and fog. Both of the physical and optical kind, but also of the mental kind, which I suspect the OP to be afflicted by and possibly trying to pass on.

 

[Cholentpot]

Good thing it's election time in the states. Plenty of stupidity there for everyone. Free, never a charge.

Freedom is a double edged blade. We're free to be stupid and by gord we'll exercise that right!

 

[NB23]

OP is a troll. OP posts option slanted towards argument and ghosts.

OP is a vermicious knid.

Your Construct of who NB23 might, or might not be, is your own.
Your analysis of what NB23’s intent might, or might not be, is but a mere reflection of your own personnality and perception of the world, of which NB23-the-one does not particularly care.

But Bokeh, let’s discuss

 

[Sirius Glass]

Can bokeh be fixed?

 

[Cholentpot]

Your Construct of who NB23 might, or might not be, is your own.
Your analysis of what NB23’s intent might, or might not be, is but a mere reflection of your own personnality and perception of the world, of which NB23-the-one does not particularly care.

But Bokeh, let’s discuss

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Bokeh, it's all a blur.