Electron-ic
I was on the verge of posting a complaint about the misuse of the phrase "quantum leap" to mean a large change in a state of affairs, when a genuine quantum leap is anything but a large change.

But then it occurred to me that, most of the time, the change being (mis)described is anything but large - so the perpetrator of this linguistic crime invariable outs himself as being more concerned with presentation than substance anyway.

So I don't know whether to be angered by the scientific illiteracy, or smug about the unwitting honesty.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 10:33, 3 replies)

It's a bit like music journalists describing someone's "meteoric rise to fame"
Once they're in our upper atmosphere, meteorites have a tendency to plummet downwards, rather rapidly - again, is the illiteracy more annoying or the unwitting honesty?
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 11:41, closed)

You've answered your own question.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 12:01, closed)

I don't know you that well...
..but I bet you settled for the smug option.
(Moominator missing the good stuff cos' the swear filter is on, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 14:57, closed)