18 July 2005

Definition of the moment

cane-toading, v.

A reference to cane toads, an exotic introduced for pest control in Australia that did no control the original pests and became a much bigger nuisance than the one they were imported to solve.

1. Making a problem worse or ending up with two problems because you didn't analyse the first one properly. (Spotted here.)

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Have been busy and sleep deprived the last week, and hope to have a report on the Tunicate conference soon. Real soon.

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