Tvad, Holy vibrations! I did not know that! My spirit is dampened. I am turning my spray bottle on myself as we speak.
It looks like "damp" and "dampen" are pretty interchangeable. Here's the American Heritage dictionary on "damp."
DAMP
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: damped, damp·ing, damps
1. To make damp or moist; moisten. 2. To extinguish (a fire, for example) by cutting off air. 3. To restrain or check; discourage. 4. Music To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper. 5. Physics To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).
Well, one less thing in this world to annoy me. That's a good thing.
It looks like "damp" and "dampen" are pretty interchangeable. Here's the American Heritage dictionary on "damp."
DAMP
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: damped, damp·ing, damps
1. To make damp or moist; moisten. 2. To extinguish (a fire, for example) by cutting off air. 3. To restrain or check; discourage. 4. Music To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper. 5. Physics To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).
Well, one less thing in this world to annoy me. That's a good thing.