The `-P' convention

Turning a word into a question by appending the syllable `P';

from the LISP convention of appending the letter `P' to denote a

predicate (a boolean-valued function). The question should expect

a yes/no answer, though it needn't. (See T and NIL.)

At dinnertime:

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