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"Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> writes:

> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote on 11 Aug 2018 in 
> comp.lang.javascript:
>
>>  There are other, less contrived ways to do that
>
> I will rather strive for contrivancy in Javascript,
> the opposite of such being JQuery.
>
> Contrived:
>
> If you see something that seems fake since it was too perfectly planned out, 
> call it contrived. If you can easily predict the final minutes of a made-
> for-TV movie, then call it contrived.
>
> The adjective contrived describes something that is artificially planned, 
> especially in an obvious way, so it comes across as faked or forced. It's 
> not just drama that can come off as contrived. Someone's speech habits, 
> wardrobe, or even personality can seem contrived. Whenever someone appears 
> as if he or she is "trying too hard," they might seem contrived, or the 
> opposite of "natural."
>
> <https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/contrived>

I can't work out what your point is.  Did you think I did not know what
contrived means?

-- 
Ben.

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  Re: addEventListener question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-08-11 00:04 +0200
    Re: addEventListener question Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2018-08-11 14:28 +0200
      Re: addEventListener question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-08-11 14:53 +0100
        Re: addEventListener question "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-08-11 16:27 +0200
          Re: addEventListener question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-08-12 17:49 +0200
            Re: addEventListener question "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-08-12 18:05 +0200
              Re: addEventListener question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-08-12 18:42 +0200
                Re: addEventListener question "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-08-12 19:38 +0200
                Re: addEventListener question Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2018-08-12 11:12 -0700
                Re: addEventListener question James Kirk <noneya.invalid@gmail.com> - 2018-08-12 22:36 -0400
                Re: addEventListener question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-09-06 08:17 +0200
                Re: addEventListener question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-08-13 11:50 +0200
                Re: addEventListener question Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2018-08-18 16:50 +0200
        Re: addEventListener question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-08-11 16:58 +0200
          Re: addEventListener question Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-08-12 02:40 +0100
            Re: addEventListener question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2018-08-12 09:07 +0200
        Re: addEventListener question Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2018-08-11 19:17 +0200
  Re: addEventListener question "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-08-11 16:30 +0200
    Re: addEventListener question Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2018-08-11 19:12 +0200
    Re: addEventListener question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-08-12 17:46 +0200
      Re: addEventListener question "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-08-12 18:06 +0200
        Re: addEventListener question "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2018-08-12 18:12 +0200
          Re: addEventListener question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-08-12 18:33 +0200
  Re: addEventListener question Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2018-08-18 17:01 +0200

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