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specificality

One or more specific qualities of a person, place or thing.
Craig said "specificality,the answer to the question depends on how you say it." "It could mean so many things in one, it's complex."
by Craig's Specifics January 24, 2014
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detailed programmatic specificity

something the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, says in speeches. Problem is no-one knows what it means.
"No idea what detailed programmatic specificity means." - Mr Turnbull
by Angelspike July 16, 2009
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specificity

personal
too specific
about a celebrity
slander
biased
opinionated
i specificity LIKE DOGS NOT CATS
by Breezy Ballerina February 23, 2020
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specifically vague

Omission of specific information so that an idea can be open to interpretation.
The book's author chose to be specifically vague about the location of the fictional town.
by Trip Deezil June 23, 2008
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inverse specificity law

A natural law that dictates that the depth and accuracy of your task description is inversely proportional to the importance of the task. You will be given a ten-page written specification on preparing an invitation for five customers to come to morning coffee, a tax audit report will be requested in an email consisting of a single paragraph, while a request to revise the organization's entire cost structure will be delivered verbally in a single sentence.
CEO: Bernie, our database manager left and we need a report of all customers who bought semi-spleeted widgets in the northwest region since the beginning of the month. There's a potentially fatal fault and we need to do a product recall.
Bernie: Sure, right away! What's the product code for semi-spleeted widgets, and what's the region code?
CEO: Dunno. The database manager left. But it's all in the database. Just do it.
Bernie: Hmmm... the inverse specificity law indicates that this task must be critically important!
by Terrible Tadpole June 3, 2010
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specificity

A CSS rule that states that in case of conflict, the properties of the most specific selector is applied.
For example: if we make all tables bold, but make all table cells have a normal weight, the latter rule will be applied. This is because "table cell" is more specific than "table".
by Pathoschild March 21, 2005
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specifically correct

(Talking to Feminist woman): “yes, yes, women are equal”
(In my mind):”I’m being specifically correct”
by LilBuskii March 16, 2022
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