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Re: Metroliner Club car.. it begs the question..
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 03:49:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
> I think this is a good time to illustrate another abused idiom: showstopper:
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> "Brad Justus held up pictures of the Metroliner and Club Car - it was a
> showstopper." (there were actually quite a few showstoppers at Brickfest,
> not all of them planned.) A showstopper is when you have to pause and just
> stand there waiting for the applause to die down.
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> In information technology the term "showstopper" is unfortunately used as a
> synonym for "insurmountable problem". This misuse begs the true spirit of
> show business, where the show never can stop; if there were an
> insurmountable problem you would improvise around it and impress the heck
> out of the audience.
Yikes, that IS unfortunate! Here's one: "factoid"-- I have the same problem
with the popular (2nd def'n.) use of this word (y'all who've used it this way
here know who you are!) as is mentioned in the usage note at dictionary.com:
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=factoid
Maggie
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| (...) 1st meaning. They should switch the two, to better describe common usage. I have a vague memory of a book called _Factoids_ and a line of desktop page-a-day calendars and such that listed all kinds of obscure trivia, from the late 80's. But (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Metroliner Club car.. it begs the question..
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| (...) I think this is a good time to illustrate another abused idiom: showstopper: "Brad Justus held up pictures of the Metroliner and Club Car - it was a showstopper." (there were actually quite a few showstoppers at Brickfest, not all of them (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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