The word: Fitment

mds82 · 02-04-2011, 11:24 AM

Hi all,
So this may sound crazy, but i was talking about car parts with my girlfriend and told her aobut the fitment of parts. She looked at me like i had 2 heads and thought i was crazy. She said... "Fitment, what is that??". I responded, "Fitment - how well some fits. Its kinda of judgement - how you judge something"

She looks at me and laughs and starts to tell me that Fitment is not a word. We started to argue and then went to dictionary.com and i was suprised:

fitment
Dictionary.com
fit·ment
/ˈfɪtmənt/ Show Spelled[fit-muhnt] Show IPA
–noun
1. equipment; furnishing.
2. fitments, fittings: the fitments of a ship.

And there i was standing in disbelief, she was right (again) and i was wrong.

Moral of the story, we are all using the wrong word.

BenTrovato · 02-04-2011, 11:32 AM

It depends on which dictionary you decide to give your power away to.

If you use this one: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fitment

fitment [ˈfɪtmənt]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Machinery an accessory attached to an assembly of parts
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Chiefly Brit a detachable part of the furnishings of a room

Our parts can definitely fit into #1.

Out of curiosity, how was she right and you wrong (again) when she said fitment is not a word, yet clearly it is.

Lenaxia · 02-04-2011, 11:34 AM

Someone has obviously been trained well. :P

mike-y · 02-04-2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BenTrovato

It depends on which dictionary you decide to give your power away to.

If you use this one: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fitment

fitment [ˈfɪtmənt]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Machinery an accessory attached to an assembly of parts
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Chiefly Brit a detachable part of the furnishings of a room

Our parts can definitely fit into #1.

Out of curiosity, how was she right and you wrong (again) when she said fitment is not a word, yet clearly it is.

The definition is still a noun though. People on the forums are using it as an adverb(?), which is incorrect according to that dictionary.

agray1 · 02-04-2011, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mds82

We started to argue and then....

you should've told her to make you a sammich!!

Eights-n-Aces · 02-04-2011, 11:59 AM

Sounds like dumb and dumber to me.

MusclezMarinara · 02-04-2011, 12:03 PM

a noun not a word lol

J02 335i · 02-04-2011, 12:10 PM

How was she right when you clearly found the word in the dictionary?

Anyways.........

LuxAngelEyes · 02-04-2011, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J02 335i

How was she right when you clearly found the word in the dictionary?

Anyways.........

well it is a word, but we arent using the correct word. We are using a noun, not a adverb.

fdriller9 · 02-04-2011, 02:34 PM

Yea I noticed this the other day because apple products will autocorrect fitment....I does this on my iPhone and iPad.

Autocorrect also does this for ^no....it puts that damn arrow there unless I press the little "x". Anyone know how to reset the dictionary for autocorrect?

hipnotic · 02-04-2011, 02:41 PM

thanks

PINeely · 02-04-2011, 02:49 PM

Where does an adverb factor in at all? Both of the definitions posted are nouns.

When we say fitment in car terms, "how is the fitment of the piece," we mean its "fit-ability." If we used an adverb we would have to say "does the piece sit fitly," or some equivalent.

Whether or not "fitment" as we use it is a word, using a noun form of the word is correct in our context.

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mds82 Major General 364 Rep 5,842 Posts Drives: 2006 325xi Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Central Connecticut iTrader: (40) Garage List 2006 325xi Snow Pics [0.00] 2006 BMW 325xi [0.00]	The word: Fitment Hi all, So this may sound crazy, but i was talking about car parts with my girlfriend and told her aobut the fitment of parts. She looked at me like i had 2 heads and thought i was crazy. She said... "Fitment, what is that??". I responded, "Fitment - how well some fits. Its kinda of judgement - how you judge something" She looks at me and laughs and starts to tell me that Fitment is not a word. We started to argue and then went to dictionary.com and i was suprised: fitment Dictionary.com fit·ment /ˈfɪtmənt/ Show Spelled[fit-muhnt] Show IPA –noun 1. equipment; furnishing. 2. fitments, fittings: the fitments of a ship. And there i was standing in disbelief, she was right (again) and i was wrong. Moral of the story, we are all using the wrong word.
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BenTrovato Driver 37 Rep 1,577 Posts Drives: e92 335i Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Toronto iTrader: (4)	It depends on which dictionary you decide to give your power away to. If you use this one: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fitment fitment [ˈfɪtmənt] n *1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Machinery an accessory attached to an assembly of parts* 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Chiefly Brit a detachable part of the furnishings of a room Our parts can definitely fit into #1. Out of curiosity, how was she right and you wrong (again) when she said fitment is not a word, yet clearly it is.
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fdriller9 Banned 253 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	Yea I noticed this the other day because apple products will autocorrect fitment....I does this on my iPhone and iPad. Autocorrect also does this for ^no....it puts that damn arrow there unless I press the little "x". Anyone know how to reset the dictionary for autocorrect?
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PINeely Lieutenant Colonel 1086 Rep 1,912 Posts Drives: 2013 535i, 2015 Tundra 1794 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jackson, MS iTrader: (2)	Where does an adverb factor in at all? Both of the definitions posted are nouns. When we say fitment in car terms, "how is the fitment of the piece," we mean its "fit-ability." If we used an adverb we would have to say "does the piece sit fitly," or some equivalent. Whether or not "fitment" as we use it is a word, using a noun form of the word is correct in our context.
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