Q: what does "FURBISH" mean?
On Fri, 26 Mar 2021, Guy N. via cctalk wrote:
According to the OED: 1) Remove the rust from, burnish, polish up (a sword, armour, etc.); 2) Clean up, renovate, revive, give a new look to (something dirty, faded, or old). I think "give a new look to" is what some of these sellers have in mind; "renovate, revive" maybe not so much. But removing the rust from a hard disk might not be what buyers expect.
Yep. Remove all of the unsightly "NFG" graffiti tagging. So, there's not a lot of difference between FURBISH and RE-FURBISH. "UNTESTED" used to mean that it hadn't been tried out. Now, it means that the technician was unable to repair it.
