Timeline for Single word, or good words/phrase for "confusingly asked question where meaning changes."
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| May 26, 2021 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1397477624851615746 | ||
| May 26, 2021 at 7:05 | answer | added | Steve B053 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 29, 2014 at 10:59 | history | edited | Fattie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 29, 2014 at 10:27 | answer | added | tim | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 29, 2014 at 6:20 | comment | added | Fattie | You know, I really think "XY problem" was the thoughtie on the tip of my tongue, and if you look at the linked question wouldn't you all agree that is exactly an "XY Problem"! | |
| Aug 29, 2014 at 6:19 | comment | added | Fattie | @Dancrumb - superb !!!!!!!!!!! Great thinking. That should be an answer really. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 22:26 | comment | added | Dancrumb | A couple of loosely related terms you might be interested in: * The XY Problem * Wicked Problems | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 18:32 | comment | added | SrJoven | propose move this to meta? ducks | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:51 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | In my shop we bill SOW/Spec revisions as supplementals, so we call it 'Employment Security'. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:20 | history | edited | Fattie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:18 | comment | added | Fattie | Ah! Superb on "moving the goal posts". Yes, to be honest "scope creep" is not it: notice in particular the ellipsis question example. It's the perfect example! Maybe "moving the goal posts" is just it, that's the answer, perhaps. Awesome | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:13 | comment | added | Elliott Frisch | There's always the classic tree swing comic(s). | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:11 | comment | added | Dan Bron | Ah, I see. Well, there's "moving the goalposts" as well, which I'll add to my answer. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:06 | comment | added | Fattie | Dan -- superb thinking; magnificent. But you know, I'm thinking more those shit situations where - not so much "more and more was added" - but, just as with the "ellipsis" question: at first the question appeared to be totally different, due to, basically, a crap explanation of the question. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 17:05 | answer | added | Dan Bron | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 16:58 | history | asked | Fattie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |