2010-12-09

The meteoric rise of inanity

Stupid idiom: "meteoric rise."

Meteors go down. It's what they do. It's all they do. If they don't, they're not meteors, they're just rocks.

I am aware that technically, it is possible for a meteor to be a so-called earth-grazer. This is a one in a many-billions event, and none of you have seen one. So, nyah.

Don't call anything that's moving upwards "meteoric." The word you're looking for may be shining or brilliant, it may be ballistic or rocket-like or just upwards. Anything but meteoric.

Meteors go down.
Leonid meteor. Wikipedia image.

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