tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post3575001657852366756..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Word usage I don't get, "Meteoric Rise"chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-57460579166501574052015-08-18T05:12:03.366-04:002015-08-18T05:12:03.366-04:00I think this is it. When people talk about a poli...I think this is it. When people talk about a politician's "meteoric rise", what I've always felt they're really implying is that they're flashing briefly across the political world and will soon disappear.Yglorbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962350388012265578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-85779438094104995652015-08-11T22:34:39.797-04:002015-08-11T22:34:39.797-04:00...come to think of it, every instance of "me......come to think of it, every instance of "meteoric rise" I remember seems to have had an implied transience to it.Packbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-52043939817021078582015-08-11T17:06:23.319-04:002015-08-11T17:06:23.319-04:00Speed, of course, has no direction, but velocity a...Speed, of course, has no direction, but <i>velocity</i> always does have one.<br /><br />I read a book recently which included the paragraph:<br /><br />"That's what the jollies tell us." Rita spat the epitaph for political officers.<br /><br />The writer had clearly heard, but not remembered, the word "epithet", and presumably was confident enough that he felt no need to look it up. And the editor didn't catch it.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-3926067572856483212015-08-11T09:19:57.051-04:002015-08-11T09:19:57.051-04:00I do, in fact, realize that. Sometimes I leave th...I do, in fact, realize that. Sometimes I leave things out of the post because they aren't pertinent to the rant I'm making.<br /><br />The big thing is that a meteor's speed is always and invariably <i>downward</i>. As such, the whole post is really summed up in the first two sentences. They don't rise; all they ever do is fall.<br /><br />-<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, by the way. I appreciate comments so much, and yours was, you know, completely on point and contributing so it's even better.<br /><br />I'm not sure if this is your first comment (in which case: Hello, welcome here), or my bad memory is making me forget earlier ones, but either way, thanks for speaking up this time.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-18311925244907690832015-08-11T09:04:13.571-04:002015-08-11T09:04:13.571-04:00I kind of figured it was relating to a meteor'...I kind of figured it was relating to a meteor's "speed" as per definition 2, not "transience". Or maybe "brilliance".Shini, of Gossip and Gloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11603589313931618230noreply@blogger.com