what's an 'uptick'?

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what's an 'uptick'?

Daniel — 11/17/2005 2:08:12 PM (archived)

(last sentence in abstract)

.. is it like a cowlick, or maybe a forelock?

Or is it some kind of very jumpy flea?

What would fleas be doing in our future generations? We must take preventitive action now ..

The whole thread (41 posts)

"Harry Potter and the Half-Crazed Bureaucracy" - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2005 7:50:45 AM
- what's an 'uptick'? - Daniel - 11/17/2005 2:08:12 PM
  - Upticks - Robert - 11/17/2005 7:47:36 PM
    - yeah OK, OK - Daniel - 11/18/2005 2:17:28 AM
    - Someone give Robert something to do! - Tony - 11/17/2005 9:55:34 PM
      - Och, laddie - Robert - 11/18/2005 1:33:53 AM
        
        "Kilt tics" Arrrggghhh..... - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2005 2:03:02 AM
        
        And the people of Boston *still* don't know how to pronounce it correctly - Fox - 11/18/2005 3:35:06 AM
        
        It's a matter of dialect - Robert - 11/18/2005 6:00:08 PM
        
        You get high Marx for that one... (n/t) - Fox - 11/18/2005 6:55:26 PM
        
        So, grasshopper... - Robert - 11/18/2005 7:25:18 PM
        
        Ooo, that stings! - Fox - 11/18/2005 8:25:50 PM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 11/20/2005 7:41:34 PM
        
        This Ladybugs me... - :) R.L. - 11/20/2005 11:59:35 PM
        
        You should have quit while you were still winning and not lousing. (n/t) - Tony - 11/18/2005 6:16:46 PM
        
        Down to the roaches, I see (n/t) - Robert - 11/18/2005 7:22:34 PM
        
        15 yard penalty for clipping (n/t) - Fox - 11/18/2005 8:22:58 PM
        
        Segue that toke-n post back to Harry Potter and we'll need to award a Moebius. (n/t) - tony - 11/18/2005 8:55:43 PM
        
        re: Segue that toke-n post back to Harry Potter and we'll need to award a Moebius. - Cy - 11/18/2005 9:38:37 PM
        
        Fire up that goblet, Harry... - Fox - 11/18/2005 9:27:38 PM
        
        Yah, he's guilty of compound och ayes. - alcaray - 11/18/2005 7:15:34 PM
        
        Don't poke a stick into that anthill! (n/t) - Robert - 11/18/2005 7:26:14 PM
        
        Very entertaining ant ticks in this thread! - Mary Anne - 11/18/2005 8:50:49 PM
        
        Ants have ticks? Who knew? Weevil have to investigate further. (n/t) - Tony - 11/18/2005 9:24:30 PM
        
        Yes, weevil! - Fox - 11/18/2005 9:41:27 PM
        
        re: Yes, weevil! - Laurie Street - 11/22/2005 4:55:43 AM
        
        And the moral of the story? - cy - 11/18/2005 9:46:10 PM
        
        Etymology 101 - Cy - 11/18/2005 9:32:57 PM
        
        You mean "entomology", don't you? (n/t) - Fox - 11/18/2005 10:28:29 PM
        
        re: You mean "entomology", don't you? - Cy - 11/19/2005 5:48:07 PM
        
        Release the hounds! {TRUMPET} - ETymologist - 11/19/2005 12:40:30 AM
        
        Had your antennae up for that one, dincha... (n/t) - Fox - 11/19/2005 12:48:11 AM
        
        Ahh, the Queen weighs in! (n/t) - Robert - 11/18/2005 9:12:54 PM
        
        Quick, Henry! The Flit! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2005 11:29:14 PM
        
        Is this thread starting to bug anybody else? - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2005 7:37:39 PM
        
        Ask alcaray - Sam F. - 11/20/2005 1:07:57 PM
        
        (What a dips tick.) - RobVG - 11/20/2005 7:31:02 PM
        
        His post is the only one that answers the question. - Mary Anne - 11/20/2005 4:25:49 PM
        
        True. - Sam F. - 11/21/2005 4:59:23 AM
        
        It definitely needs debugging. (n/t) - Fox - 11/19/2005 8:25:06 PM
  - re: what's an 'uptick'? - alcaray - 11/17/2005 4:29:09 PM

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