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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