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Bitterclinger wrote:
Nnyokaye LIberty, I appreciate all the hard work looking up stuff in online dictionaries and all, but it was just a joke. Sorry you had to go through all those contortions to straighten me out. I guess I kind-of thought it was obvious. Next time, I'll try to remember to include a funny emoticon.

Yeah, I probably over responded. Its sort of a pet peave of mine though. There are some people who can't help but correct people over the use of the words like Gun vs Rifle, Pistol vs Revolver and even clip vs magazine. It annoys me because usually they are wrong about the context. And even when they are correct in the case of Magazine vs Clip. I find the term Pistol magazine more confusing and vague than the incorrect term "pistol clip".

Bitterclinger wrote:No mam, a gun is a breach loaded artillery piece used to deploy an explosive filled shell larger than thirty millimeters in diameter at high velocities over long distances. Guys who carry guns usually use a ship, a tank, or at least a great big truck.

Huh? not according to several dictionaries I have. The only people I ever heard insist on this was my drill sergeant, but his vocabulary was sort of limited mostly, to four letter words.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gun" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gun" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is my gluegun a glue pistol?

Some people also insist that a revolver is not a pistol, I don't understand this either. when even Sam Colt called his 6 shooter a pistol.