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Re:Lyft Files for IPO by dcposch on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:30PM (#18623065)
Sorry to be a grammar right wing populist, but it's "pore over".

To pore is to think deeply about to something, to dwell on it.

A pour-over is a type of coffee.

Re:Lyft Files for IPO by liquidise on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:40PM (#18624407)
I'm not sure why you are being down voted. This sounds like it is a surprising revelation for many, myself included.
Re:Lyft Files for IPO by pgrote on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:41PM (#18624678)
I believe it is for "right wing populist" when nazi is usually used with the grammar phrase.
Re:Lyft Files for IPO by Daegalus on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:43PM (#18623193)
This makes a lot of sense. I have never seen Pore-Over written right, and pronounced, I always thought it was Pour and as an immigrant (even though i came here when I was 5 years old) it never quite made sense, but I went with it. Now that I know the word "pore" exists with this definition, it makes so much more sense.
Re:Lyft Files for IPO by kondro on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:06PM (#18623380)
Ha! I’ve always thought pour was more of an onomatopoeia of being hunched over and processing a large set of things.

I’ve learned something new today. :)

Re:Lyft Files for IPO by mreid on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:35PM (#18624376)
Another thing to add to your learnings for the day is the difference between “metaphor” and “onomatopoeia”. The latter is only for words that are related to a particular sound they are describing, e.g., “quack”, “bang”, “sizzle”, “whoosh”.

“Pour over” is the sense you describe would be a metaphor.

Re:Lyft Files for IPO by kondro on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:27PM (#18624621)
So it’s strange I hear it as a sound describing the action then?
Re:Lyft Files for IPO by mreid on Friday December 07, 2018 @12:18AM (#18625328)
I never thought of it as onomatopoeic before but, if I string the sound out – pooooooour – making the “o” noisy and its pitch rise slowly it does remind me of the sound of a cup being filled from a tap.

Ok, I still think it’s an unusual example but you’ve convinced me.

I retract my earlier comment and replace it with a “today I learned” for me. :)

Re:Lyft Files for IPO by scarface74 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:54PM (#18624743)
I’m not a grammar nazi either, but I am glad you posted this. I didn’t know this either. This was an insightful correction.

The only thing I usually correct is jibe vs jive....

Re:Lyft Files for IPO by Waterluvian on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:41PM (#18623167)
Never knew this. Thanks for sharing.
Re:Lyft Files for IPO by lscotte on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:03PM (#18624495)
And just hipster drip coffee at that.
Re:Lyft Files for IPO by the_reformation on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:12PM (#18624246)
damn it