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FrancoD said:
The term snap-shot was coined by John Hershel, an Englishman, in 1860.

"the possibility of taking a photograph, as it were, by a snap-shot — of securing a picture in a tenth of a second of time"

He also was the one that came up with the word photography.
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Haha if I did that an awful lot of my photos would be blurry.
 
Marek M said:
sybersitizen said:
Gotta love threads that attempt to reform widely understood colloquial expressions. Very meaty stuff.
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It is rather natural to become little screwy if your screen name has a "nut" in it. What thread, otherwise, would you use it for?
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I'd only it were still national pun day!
 
This appears to be one of those threads where the op 'shoots' and runs.
 
Because you know

Sometimes

Words have

Two meanings

But I do wish people would stop using "pull the trigger" as a euphemism for buying something ("so, yesterday I decided to pull the trigger on the new Nikon D780"). That annoys me.
 
New Day Rising said:
Because you know

Sometimes

Words have

Two meanings

But I do wish people would stop using "pull the trigger" as a euphemism for buying something ("so, yesterday I decided to pull the trigger on the new Nikon D780"). That annoys me.
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Me too. Even worse......"so, yesterday I bit the bullet and pulled the trigger on the new Nikon D780"
 
Mackiesback said:
New Day Rising said:
Because you know

Sometimes

Words have

Two meanings

But I do wish people would stop using "pull the trigger" as a euphemism for buying something ("so, yesterday I decided to pull the trigger on the new Nikon D780"). That annoys me.
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Me too. Even worse......"so, yesterday I bit the bullet and pulled the trigger on the new Nikon D780"
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A "nice" mash-up of metaphors. Perhaps we can add "hit a home run" to the list of silly metaphors.
 
Likewise, the media keeps mentioning "fighter jets" even though jets don't fight. Since practically no developed nation uses propeller aircraft today to gain air superiority, it's a wonder why people use the term "fighter jets" or more appropriately (but still silly) "jet fighters".

Semantics.

Let it roll off your back :)

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Teila K. Day
http://teiladay.com
 
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Teila Day said:
Likewise, the media keeps mentioning "fighter jets" even though jets don't fight. Since practically no developed nation uses propeller aircraft today to gain air superiority, it's a wonder why people use the term "fighter jets" or more appropriately (but still silly) "jet fighters".
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You certainly do not want them in your jacuzzi.
 
Teila Day said:
Likewise, the media keeps mentioning "fighter jets" even though jets don't fight. Since practically no developed nation uses propeller aircraft today to gain air superiority, it's a wonder why people use the term "fighter jets" or more appropriately (but still silly) "jet fighters".

Semantics.

Let it roll off your back :)
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We drive in the parkway and park in the driveway.
 
markyboy81 said:
FrancoD said:
The term snap-shot was coined by John Hershel, an Englishman, in 1860.

"the possibility of taking a photograph, as it were, by a snap-shot — of securing a picture in a tenth of a second of time"

He also was the one that came up with the word photography.
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Haha if I did that an awful lot of my photos would be blurry.
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the main points there were that it isn't a new term and no it did not originate in the US.

it had to do with other previously posted comments.

I happen to read them all....
 
New Day Rising said:
Because you know

Sometimes

Words have

Two meanings

But I do wish people would stop using "pull the trigger" as a euphemism for buying something ("so, yesterday I decided to pull the trigger on the new Nikon D780"). That annoys me.
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There was a sale on the other day so at 8AM I was there ready to jump the gun and pull the trigger on something that was bang on for me.

What a blast I had !
 
FrancoD said:
markyboy81 said:
FrancoD said:
The term snap-shot was coined by John Hershel, an Englishman, in 1860.

"the possibility of taking a photograph, as it were, by a snap-shot — of securing a picture in a tenth of a second of time"

He also was the one that came up with the word photography.
Click to expand...
Haha if I did that an awful lot of my photos would be blurry.
Click to expand...
the main points there were that it isn't a new term and no it did not originate in the US.

it had to do with other previously posted comments.

I happen to read them all....
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I read some of the comments. I had every intention of reading them all but...
 
FrancoD said:
New Day Rising said:
Because you know

Sometimes

Words have

Two meanings

But I do wish people would stop using "pull the trigger" as a euphemism for buying something ("so, yesterday I decided to pull the trigger on the new Nikon D780"). That annoys me.
Click to expand...
There was a sale on the other day so at 8AM I was there ready to jump the gun and pull the trigger on something that was bang on for me.

What a blast I had !
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So you just had to fire off this post to let us all know?
 
markyboy81 said:
Marek M said:
markyboy81 said:
Marek M said:
sybersitizen said:
Gotta love threads that attempt to reform widely understood colloquial expressions. Very meaty stuff.
Click to expand...
It is rather natural to become little screwy if your screen name has a "nut" in it. What thread, otherwise, would you use it for?
Click to expand...
I'd only it were still national pun day!
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What happened to missing words?
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Today is typo day, my error was on porpoise...
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Then let's call it a slow day
 
New Day Rising said:
FrancoD said:
New Day Rising said:
Because you know

Sometimes

Words have

Two meanings

But I do wish people would stop using "pull the trigger" as a euphemism for buying something ("so, yesterday I decided to pull the trigger on the new Nikon D780"). That annoys me.
Click to expand...
There was a sale on the other day so at 8AM I was there ready to jump the gun and pull the trigger on something that was bang on for me.

What a blast I had !
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So you just had to fire off this post to let us all know?
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yes, I thought it was dynamite !!!
 
Marek M said:
Teila Day said:
Likewise, the media keeps mentioning "fighter jets" even though jets don't fight. Since practically no developed nation uses propeller aircraft today to gain air superiority, it's a wonder why people use the term "fighter jets" or more appropriately (but still silly) "jet fighters".
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You certainly do not want them in your jacuzzi.
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That might depend on whether or not a lady is alone or not while in the jacuzzi ;) ;)
 
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