> widdling it down Whittling. It means to carve something out of wood, with a me...

		thaumasiotes on March 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQL is syntactic sugar for relational algebra > widdling it down Whittling. It means to carve something out of wood, with a metaphorical extension, as here, to gradually making something smaller by shaving bits of it away.

Important distinction. "Widdling" is urination.