> On 9 Aug 2020, at 22:56, Marc Petit-Huguenin <petithug@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 8/9/20 12:23 PM, Joe Touch wrote: >> >> >>> On Aug 9, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Nico Williams <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Really, asserting that "master secret" >>> is problematic is simply credibility-destroying. >> >> Besides your concern, how does one secret actively control another? > > You are insisting that the only possible meaning of "master" is to control some[one|thing] else. According to New Oxford American Dictionary Third edition, that's true when used it as a noun, but not when used as an adjective or a verb. It is not true for nouns either. A master of science does not control science and a master of business administration doe not control business administration. A school master (this is a British usage) is just a male teacher. He does not tend to control the school. A chess master can beat me at chess, but he doesn’t control the game And there are many more.
