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When describing the elimination of funding for a project, would you say:

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80 votes were received.

The money is drying up.	78		98%
The money is drying out.	2		2%

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Prompted by a radio news report.



Which would you likely use?

"Drying up" implies that money will be scarce or not available at all. Drying out suggests that you left your wallet in your pants when you threw them in the washing machine.

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I would say "Funds are becoming scarce."

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"Drying up" implies that money will be scarce or not available at all. Drying out suggests that you left your wallet in your pants when you threw them in the washing machine.

That said, I think I'd find a different wording entirely, like Blooz.

It depends very much on the circumstances and implications. What is the nature of the elimination?

1) if pre-existing funding is being revoked: you are losing your funding.

2) If you are close to the end of your money and there will be no more: money is running out.

2) If it is time to apply for a new grant or appropriation, but there are no new funds to apply for: funding for this kind of project is drying up or has dried up.

The idiom "drying up" comes from a metaphor for water flow, as in the river is drying up. Other related metaphors would be running out, evaporating, pulling the plug, etc, each with a slightly different meaning.



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The money is Bloozing.

Sounds so hip.

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Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."
Source: My 18 year old.

I would say "Funds are becoming scarce."

Not applicable if someone is talking about their wallet, as in my 'Phone is drying out, in bag of silica gel.

So, what ka and Janit said.


Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."

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Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."

Man, I'm really old. No clue what this means...

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Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."

Man, I'm really old. No clue what this means...

broke as kcuf

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Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."

Man, I'm really old. No clue what this means...

"We broke as f**k."

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Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."

Man, I'm really old. No clue what this means...

"We broke as f**k."

Thank you. I didn't know what that meant, either.

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It means "We are very much out of money."

Some current slang removes the "be" verb:

"We broke" = we are without funds
"You ugly" = you resemble the latter half of a variety of mammals
"They wasted" = they are drunk

"AF" is an adverbial abbreviation placed, somewhat unusually for English, AFTER the adjective it modifies.

"We broke AF" = we are really without funds
"You ugly AF" = you resemble the latter half of a small subset of barnyard animals
"They wasted AF" = they have been drinking slivovitz for even longer than it takes Winston's main Mac running OS X 10.4.3 to boot

HTH-AF

Thanks for the edumafication. That 'AF' is the first acronym I haven't been able to guess in a while. Gettin' old.

I would say, "...better start getting your resumé updated."
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It means "We are very much out of money."

Some current slang removes the "be" verb:

"We broke" = we are without funds
"You ugly" = you resemble the latter half of a variety of mammals
"They wasted" = they are drunk

"AF" is an adverbial abbreviation placed, somewhat unusually for English, AFTER the adjective it modifies.

"We broke AF" = we are really without funds
"You ugly AF" = you resemble the latter half of a small subset of barnyard animals
"They wasted AF" = they have been drinking slivovitz for even longer than it takes Winston's main Mac running OS X 10.4.3 to boot

HTH-AF

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Apparently the kidz these days say "We broke AF."

Man, I'm really old. No clue what this means...

"We broke as f**k."

Thank you. I didn't know what that meant, either.

So I can assume only one of us has teen-aged nephews?

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It is what it is.

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tenders
It means "We are very much out of money."

Some current slang removes the "be" verb:

"We broke" = we are without funds
"You ugly" = you resemble the latter half of a variety of mammals
"They wasted" = they are drunk

"AF" is an adverbial abbreviation placed, somewhat unusually for English, AFTER the adjective it modifies.

"We broke AF" = we are really without funds
"You ugly AF" = you resemble the latter half of a small subset of barnyard animals
"They wasted AF" = they have been drinking slivovitz for even longer than it takes Winston's main Mac running OS X 10.4.3 to boot

HTH-AF

Well played, sir!

Nicely done!

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In Cali, so dont give AF.

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I always thought AF meant Midway Island in Japanese code.

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