In response to a comment from a mathemagician (see Note 1) I know, I offer this short lexicon on ‘mulling‘ (q.v. – see Note 2):
- miller: one who engages in mulling (q.v – see also muller NB: there will be lots of qvs, don’t be alarmed, I’ll ‘keep your safe’). ;
- mule: an ass … nothing to do with mulling, no idea what it’s doing here;
- mull: a deep contemplation. Often where the miller (q.v. – I told you there would be) is convinced that the mull is of a deep significance which will make them famous. Example, the ‘Mull of Kintire’ where Professor Kintire spent three months working on formulae and ended up, unintentionally, proving that Zero = Zero;
- muller: a food manufacturer. Not to be confused with müll (German for rubbish, which a mull can be, or with Mühle meaning ‘mill’ – see miller – confused?);
- mullet: the hairstyle resulting from a mulligatawny (q.v.);
- millet: a misspelling of mullet (q.v. – do we have to!), not in alphabetical order;
- mulligatawney: a particularly spicy mull (often accompanied with a little sherry leading, over time to Professor Kintire’s state);
- mulling: the act of carrying out a mull (q.v. – oh, leave it out);
- mullock: an expression of frustration by a mathemagician (see Note 1, haha no q.v.!).
Note 1: Mathemagicians are people whose skills in mathematics in all dimensions seem like magic, eg DJM, Brian B and a, very few, others.
Note 2: q.v. – A fancy way of saying ‘see also this term elsewhere in this text’.
[ Post dated 1st April 2022 – well, on a day like today, a smile does no harm ;-]
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