# let the debate begin...

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-the-debate-begin/244866>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 18, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-the-debate-begin/244866 "2009-06-18T13:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/let-the-debate-begin/244866/72 "2009-06-19T05:09:15Z")

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> [@FS: Car part Garage Sale and full LS/VTEC SWAP w/ xtras!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-car-part-garage-sale-and-full-ls-vtec-swap-w-xtras/18854/24):
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> Main Entry: 1de·gen·er·ate Pronunciation: \di-ˈjen-rət, -ˈje-nə-, dē-\ Function: _adjective_ Etymology: Middle English _degenerat,_ from Latin _degeneratus,_ past participle of _degenerare_ to degenerate, from _de-_ + _gener-, genus_ race, kind — more at [kin](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin) Date: 15th century 1 a **:** having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b **:**  **having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type** ; _especially_ **:** having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c **:** [degraded](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/degraded) 22 **:** being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case \<a _degenerate_ hyperbola\>3 **:** characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density \<_degenerate_ matter\> ; _also_ **:** consisting of degenerate matter \<a _degenerate_ star\>4 **:** having two or more states or subdivisions \<_degenerate_ energy level\>5 **:** having more than one codon representing an amino acid ; _also_ **:** being such a codon **synonyms** see [vicious](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vicious)
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> — de·gen·er·ate·ly _adverb_  
> — de·gen·er·ate·ness _noun_
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> how does this describe me…
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> it just means simple, or without excess or mathmatically stripped down to its basic form?

Your and idiot.

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