Good word that deserves more use, but I've always had a particular affection
for "careering," since its definition is so unrelated to the normally assumed
meaning of what seems to be the root word.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/careering
Ain't English fun? Just not as much as Murkin football. :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Great word, Bob, "caroming". I haven't seen that for many a year.
>
> Chris
> ~~ >-)-
> C M I Barker
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>
> On 11 Jun 2006, at 14:35, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
> > one of the caroming particles happens to be carrying the pigskin,
> > and scoots
> > across a certain line on the field, six points appear on the
> > scoreboard.
> >
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