Talk:Fuzz

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[edit] fuzz or fuzzy?

Is it really necessary to have "fuzzy" redirect here? Are people looking for one often really meaning the other? Tedernst | talk 16:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I think it's helpful, especially for non-native speakers. —Psychonaut 22:22, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Could you expand on that? Do non-native english speakers not distinguish between the two forms? Or is it something else? Tedernst | talk 22:30, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

What about the slang term for female genitalia/pubic hair?

And wouldn't it be better to sort terms into semantic groups

e.g. fuzzy as in set or logic i.e. unclear, foggy, 'in degrees' or hard to determine;

and fuzzy as in felt or vellum;

and them maybe misc. slang terms etc.

--CH

I suggest creating a separate disambiguation page for the Mathematics and computer science section as the fuzzy article, and removing the redirect from fuzz. --V. Szabolcs 13:45, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

There seem to be three main meanings of fuzz -

unclear or distorted; fuzzy (optics), fuzzbox, fuzzy logic -> math and sci

furry or hairy; vellum, slang->female genitalia

unrelated slang or coincidental usage; e.g. slang for 'police'

--CH