• Bugger@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    At least it’s nice to see them sticking with George Carlin’s nomenclature.

    Here’s a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it’s a near miss. Bullshit, my friend. It’s a near hit! A collision is a near miss. [WHAM! CRUNCH!] “Look, they nearly missed!” “Yes, but not quite.”

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      1 year ago

      Nearly missed, and near miss are totally different things. Near is just description of what kind of miss this is, but it is still a miss. Near miss, far miss, typical miss, etc.