- Mar 22, 2006
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This just in - the word "peak" is not the same fucking thing as the word "peek" or "pique", nor can it be used as a substitute for "peek", nor "pique".
Peak
Function: noun
1 : a pointed or projecting part of a garment; especially : the visor of a cap or hat
2 : promontory
3 : a sharp or pointed end
4 a (1) : the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point (2) : a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit b : something resembling a mountain peak
5 a : the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail b : the narrow part of a ship's bow or stern or the part of the hold in it
6 a : the highest level or greatest degree b : a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph
Peek
Function: intransitive verb
1 a : to look furtively b : to peer through a crack or hole or from a place of concealment ?often used with in or out
2 : to take a brief look : glance
Pique
Function: transitive verb
1 : to arouse anger or resentment in : irritate <what piques linguistic conservatives ? T. H. Middleton>
2 a : to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff <sly remarks to pique their curiosity> b : pride <he piques himself on his skill as a cook>
You do not "peak" over a box to take a look, unless you are having sex under that box and happen to be at the climax of an orgasm. You do not "peak" at a hot chick across the street. You do not get to "peak" at benchmarks of future hardware. You do not go to the "pique" or "peek" of a mountain. Something does not "peak" or "peek" your interest.
That is all
/weak rant
Peak
Function: noun
1 : a pointed or projecting part of a garment; especially : the visor of a cap or hat
2 : promontory
3 : a sharp or pointed end
4 a (1) : the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point (2) : a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit b : something resembling a mountain peak
5 a : the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail b : the narrow part of a ship's bow or stern or the part of the hold in it
6 a : the highest level or greatest degree b : a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph
Peek
Function: intransitive verb
1 a : to look furtively b : to peer through a crack or hole or from a place of concealment ?often used with in or out
2 : to take a brief look : glance
Pique
Function: transitive verb
1 : to arouse anger or resentment in : irritate <what piques linguistic conservatives ? T. H. Middleton>
2 a : to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff <sly remarks to pique their curiosity> b : pride <he piques himself on his skill as a cook>
You do not "peak" over a box to take a look, unless you are having sex under that box and happen to be at the climax of an orgasm. You do not "peak" at a hot chick across the street. You do not get to "peak" at benchmarks of future hardware. You do not go to the "pique" or "peek" of a mountain. Something does not "peak" or "peek" your interest.
That is all
/weak rant
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