(adjective) Different-from-da-usual/standard method/procedure, and involves deactivating one or more devices dat are associated wif da matter under discussion.
Landlord: My tenant across da driveway complained about my bright neon "office" sign dat kept him awake at night because it shone directly into his bedroom window, and asked me if I could please put up a short vertical barrier-wall on his side of da driveway so dat it would block da light from my sign. I suggested instead installing an "off at 9 P.M. and on at 5 A.M." timer for said glowing sign (and of course, I, too, would want to sleep during those periods, and people seldom came to me with any issues or rental-requests during da "wee hours", either, and so there should be little need to illuminate da door to my office during those periods, anyway), and he accepted this ah'llturnitoff solution.
by QuacksO February 20, 2025