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# s'm only microdermal
i have various others, stretched ear lobes, yadda yadda yadaa...
(, Mon 1 Oct 2007, 23:58, archived)
# Stretched
like gauged? Or just stretched?
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 0:00, archived)
# *winces*
"gauged" roughly means "assessed the size of". NOT "stretched".
"Gauging" does NOT mean "to stretch ones piercings", not matter WHAT the kiddies at school tell you.
but yes, i have sets of 8mm, 4mm and 2mm [0ga, 6ga, 12ga]
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 0:04, archived)
# Hokay
So what's gauging?
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 0:09, archived)
#
gaugĀ·ing
1. To measure precisely.
2. To determine the capacity, volume, or contents of.
3. To evaluate or judge: gauge a person's ability.
4. To adapt to a specified measurement.
5. To mix (plaster) in specific proportions.
6. To chip or rub (bricks or stones) to size.


[Middle English, from Old North French

"To gauge" basically means "to measure"
and "a gauge" is a scale of measurement - i.e: the French gauge scale that is commonly used to measure body jewellery sizes.
it DOESN'T mean "to stretch", nor does it mean "tunnes/plugs/other jewellery" i.e: you do not have gauges in your ears. you have jewellery of a certain gauge in you ears. yup.

/rant
*refluffs*
*hugs everyone*
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 0:14, archived)
# Awight!
I geddit. :)
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 0:18, archived)
# yays!
*happies*
now go tell EVERYONE!
*hugs*
(, Tue 2 Oct 2007, 0:19, archived)