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3. meteoric - like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame"
fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
3. meteoric - like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a meteoric rise to fame"
fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
Charles, you're an idiot. An adjective derived from a noun needn't describe every characteristic of the noun.
If your literary logic applied, the only thing that could be called meteoric would be a meteor.
P.S. most meteors don't go down into the earth but sail past...
"meteoric rise" gets 759,000 hits in Google. Evidently there are a lot of confused people out there, Chuck...
Yeah, and what is up with those wetnaps on planes? It's like, if I want a moist towelette, I'll just use a dry towelette to soak up the drool from the guy sleeping next to me. I mean, seriously, folks.
Do any of you really believe Chas M. has a grip of basic language standards? Have you READ his crap?
In other news, meteor schmeteor. She's hot.
Let's make a list. The following adjectives need to be stricken from the English language:
meteoric
oily
phenomenal
nauseating
militant
draconian (Draco died, like, years ago!)
Guess it's time to get our definitions correct.
Meteoroid = still out in space. Those are the ones that sail past earth, or (if the happen to enter the atmosphere) become...
Meteors, which may burn up completely in the atmosphere or which may reach the surface upon which they are called...
Meteorites. Charles did use the correct term ("What gets me is this: meteorites do not go up, they fall.") Still, @ 1 is right and Charles is incorrect in his understanding of the word "meteoric."
The term Jumbo Shrimp has always amazed me. What is a Jumbo Shrimp? I mean, it's like Military Intelligence - the words don't go together, man.
"Meteorites. Charles did use the correct term ("What gets me is this: meteorites do not go up, they fall.")"
You're using the terms correctly, but Charles isn't. Meteorites don't go up, and they don't fall; they've already fallen.
Fyodor @7 is, um... either right or wrong about Draco, but I've just decided that dropping a Deathly Hallows spoiler here for a cheap pun could hasten my own fate. ^_^;
Haterade!
On the bright side, she is quite attractive.
(in that photo at least; can't bother to google image her)
yes, @14, she is.
Not to mention the fact that, seen from the Earth, meteors often do appear to "rise" -- i.e. they shoot across the sky at angles that can appear to be other than falling.
Another great excuse for a page 3 pinup! You go, Charles! This is my favorite so far.
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