kilter

whenever is one "in kilter?"

*goes off to look the etymology of the word up*

*returns. . .

. . .a little bit wiser!*

Dictionary: kilter (kĭl'tər)

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n. good condition; proper form: “policy ‘adjustments’ designed to bring the . . . country's economy back into kilter with the Western economic system” (Edward Zuckerman) [Origin unknown.]

(let's assume that that is origin unknown of the word,
I mean we all know who Ed is, right?)

Thesaurus: kilter (noun)

a state of sound readiness: condition, fettle, fitness, form, order, shape, trim; see better/worse

*thinks: sounds like our dave!*
.

(and craig, malc, gordie, shot. . .)
(most of you, in fact)

Translations: kilter

Dansk (Danish) n. - i orden
Nederlands (Dutch)goede/gewone staat
Français (French) n. - (Typ) alignement, état de marche (d'une machine)
Deutsch (German) n. - Ordnung, geregelter Gang
Ελληνική (Greek) n. - ευταξία, τάξη, καλή λειτουργία
Italiano (Italian) buono stato
Português (Portuguese) n. - bom estado (coloq.)
Русский (Russian) порядок, полная исправность
Español (Spanish) n. - orden, arreglo, buena condición
Svenska (Swedish) n. - funktion
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified)) 良好状态, 平衡, 顺利
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional)) n. - 良好狀態, 平衡, 順利
한국어 (Korean) n. - 호조, 정상상태, 순조
日本語 (Japanese) n. - 好調, 正常な状態
العربيه (Arabic) ‏(الاسم) في حاله جيده‏
עברית (Hebrew) n. - ‮תקינות, מצב טוב‬

I'm sooooooooooooo glad they included the Simplified Chinese, my Traditional being slightly rusty these days. . .

. . .well! that was an education
.

how's your kilter today?