Monday, May 18, 2015

"Blip"


       David here to help supervise placing of grab-bars by workers for assistance to Connie.  Naida our part-time care-giver also here today.  Both welcome as we, Connie and I, go about our business, reading, jig-saw puzzle assembling, paying back overdue phone calls to friends, exercising, watering, attending, and trimming plants.

       And with all this, not a single blip on the language meter all day.  Oh, wonder about "blip"?

       Merriam-Webster dates it from 1945.  [Imitative.]
 
       American Heritage Dictionary has:  1.  A spot of light on a radar or sonar screen indicating the position of a detected object, such as an aircraft or a submarine.... 2.  A high-pitched electronic sound; a bleep.

       And Merriam-Webster again:  a transient sharp movement up or down (as of a quantity commonly shown on a graph).   

       Bull's-eye.  

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