Talk:wrench

wrench
Rfd-redundant: "Sad feeling when leaving something or someone loved" seems very particular, better handled as something like "A sudden emotional change." DCDuring TALK 15:05, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree. Remove. SemperBlotto 15:09, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Reword yes, s'pose it should be at RFC as it can't be redundant to a definition we don't have yet. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:30, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree; delete; it's a subset of emotional upheaval. Equinox ◑ 00:31, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

deleted. -- Prince Kassad 12:51, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

RFC discussion: September 2010
rfc-sense: "Sad feeling when leaving something or someone loved". The citation doesn't really back this up. Perhaps it just means 'a sad feeling', though I'd go for something more like 'a trying, difficult experience'. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:59, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Interesting. A few physical-movement words have this kind of figurative use relative to emotion (eg, pull, tug, rend, jerk, twist). gut-wrenching makes this metaphor explicit. DCDuring TALK 11:32, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

(transitive verb) distress somebody
to make somebody feel very sad or distressed Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

RFV discussion: September 2022–February 2023
Rfv-sense: a trick or artifice - quote is from 1220. Did this survive out of Middle English? GreyishWorm (talk) 13:43, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * From the OED, it seems not uncommon in the 16th century, so it looks like it, yes. Ƿidsiþ 13:51, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

RFV Passed (3 cites in OED) Ioaxxere (talk) 22:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

RFV discussion: October 2022–February 2023
Rfv-sense "to deflect or slander". The OED only has a few stray Middle English quotes for in either of these senses; the feeling is of a abortive semantic innovation which failed to gain real purchase in the language, much less survive beyond Middle English. Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 04:22, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

RFV Failed, the definition is not even coherent. Ioaxxere (talk) 02:53, 14 February 2023 (UTC)