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Damper vs. Dampener

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Just passing on a pet peeve that one of my engineering professors pounded into my head. I would guess that 'most' of you are damping your tailgates, not dampening them, though some of you may enjoy a moist tailgate. :LOL:

Damp:
Definition of damp transitive verb. 1a : to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke. b : to diminish the activity or intensity of damping down the causes of inflation liquid damps out compass oscillations. c : to check the vibration or oscillation of

Dampen:
verb (used with object)
to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge. to dampen one's spirits.
I have two windshield dampeners!!!
 


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It's irregardless and hence why I ain't got no dampers. This is literally killing me. ;)

It's not a tailgate damper, it's a performance damper. Guaranteed to slow you down every time. ha ha
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It's irregardless and hence why I ain't got no dampers. This is literally killing me. ;)

It's not a tailgate damper, it's a performance damper. Guaranteed to slow you down every time. ha ha
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There's one in every crowd. ?


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Damper??!!??

I don't even know 'er!!!
 

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Maybe Dave can come up with a dampener for the center council like the one in my '79 Fairmount.
 

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It's irregardless and hence why I ain't got no dampers. This is literally killing me. ;)

It's not a tailgate damper, it's a performance damper. Guaranteed to slow you down every time. ha ha
"Irregardless" is a made up word lol..."close proximity" is redundant... "damper" is to restrain or hold back...rain clouds are "dampeners" and gets your truck wet...usually right after you've washed it...??
 
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Yes, that was the point. It's a thread about improper word use ;)

-irregardless
-hence why
-ain't got no
-literally killing me
I got in on the joke late...lol...
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