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{{a|negotiation| | {{a|negotiation|{{image|Absolute unit|png|An [[absolute]] unit, yesterday.}}}}Also known as “[[discretion]]”, seeing as a [[discretion]] is not really the sort of thing that admits of degrees. You either ''have'' a discretion, or you ''don’t'' and, generally in a [[contract]], as in life, you ''do'', except where you have categorically agreed you do ''not''. In none of these cases does the adjective “absolute” move the conversation on. | ||
That said, as a percussive adjective, “absolute” does pleasingly punctuate a sentence, rather in the same way it does when placed next to the word “''twat''”.<ref>Our honorary American Sensibility Consultant advises that this word might not, ''there'', have quite the playful connotations it does ''here'' on the right side of the Atlantic — but we are sure enlightened sophisticates in the fashionable salons of Manhattan and Menlo Park who are the JC’s regular readers, will enjoy the carefree ''Europeanness'' of seeing such depravity and, for a little moment, being cool with it.</ref> | That said, as a percussive adjective, “absolute” does pleasingly punctuate a sentence, rather in the same way it does when placed next to the word “''twat''”.<ref>Our honorary American Sensibility Consultant advises that this word might not, ''there'', have quite the playful connotations it does ''here'' on the right side of the Atlantic — but we are sure enlightened sophisticates in the fashionable salons of Manhattan and Menlo Park who are the JC’s regular readers, will enjoy the carefree ''Europeanness'' of seeing such depravity and, for a little moment, being cool with it.</ref> | ||