0
Usenet Posted 22 years ago
Usage

What does "high comp factor" mean?

hi
please, can someone help me with this: what is the meaning of phrase "high comp factor"?
i couldn't find in any dictionary, i couldn't find on www... one of those translation traps that can keep you busy for hours... Emotion: sad

thx,
neusmiljeni
  

Top answer

[nq:1]hi please, can someone help me with this: what is the meaning of phrase "high comp factor"? i couldn't find in any dictionary, i couldn't find on www... one of those translation traps that can keep you busy for hours...

  • [nq:1]hi please, can someone help me with this: what is the meaning of phrase "high comp factor"?
  • i couldn't find in any dictionary, i couldn't find on www...
  • one of those translation traps that can keep you busy for hours...
  • [/nq] A question like this absolutely requires context to be answered.
  • "Comp", in the US, is a fairly common shortening of "compensation".
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

10 Answers
0
[nq:1]hi please, can someone help me with this: what is the meaning of phrase "high comp factor"? i couldn't find in any dictionary, i couldn't find on www... one of those translation traps that can keep you busy for hours...
0
[nq:2]hi please, can someone help me with this: what is ... translation traps that can keep you busy for hours... Emotion: sad[/nq]
[nq:1]A qu
0
[nq:2]A question like this absolutely requires context to be answered. ... usage is American or UK from what you've told us.[/nq]
[nq:1]It might also mean "compression", as in ZIP, MP3, etc. As you say, context is everything in this case.[/nq]
Onelook says there are 313 common words starting with "comp". So unless someone happens to recognize this as a bit of jargon in their field..
0
[nq:1]Onelook says there are 313 common words starting with "comp". So unless someone happens to recognize this as a bit of jargon in their field..we're experiencing a high incomp factor?[/nq]
Cheers - Ian
0
i see your point.
here is the entire block of text, from which the context could be seen:
"Following on from the lush bombast of the swing era, and established by a colourful group of American artists in the 1950s and 1960s, lounge music was easy listening's quirky kid brother. It was more playful than its more populist relative and, when viewed retrospectively, had a HIGH CAMP FACTOR."
0
[nq:1]i see your point. here is the entire block of text, from which the context could be seen: "Following on ... does this sound reasonable or did i miss a point somewhere? thx a lot, it's a hard riddle for me...[/nq]
Use a definition of "camp" along the lines of the following:

Main Entry: 3camp
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown

1 : exaggerated effeminate mann
0
[nq:1]i see your point. here is the entire block of text, from which the context could be seen: "Following on ... does this sound reasonable or did i miss a point somewhere? thx a lot, it's a hard riddle for me...[/nq]
"Camp", eh, and not "comp". "Camp" would be outrageously dated or overdone to the point of being trendy. It is not a shortening or abbreviation.
The phrase is "high camp" or
0
[nq:2]i see your point. here is the entire block of ... somewhere? thx a lot, it's a hard riddle for me...[/nq]
[nq:1]Use a definition of "camp" along the lines of the following: Main Entry: 3camp Function: noun Etymology: origin unknown 1 ... something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing 4 : something self-consciously exaggerated or
0
[nq:1]i see your point. here is the entire block of text, from which the context could be seen: "Following on ... kid brother. It was more playful than its more populist relative and, when viewed retrospectively, had a HIGH CAMP FACTOR."[/nq]
Ah! All is revealed!
Camp is to gay as gender is to ***.
It stands alone.

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
0
[nq:1]"Camp", eh, and not "comp". "Camp" would be outrageously dated or overdone to the point of being trendy. It is not a shortening or abbreviation.[/nq]
uf, ugh, this is not murphy anymore, stupid me... anyway, thx to all of you, i got it now
greetings from slovenia,
neusmiljeni

Related Questions