If I remember correctly, the aviation industry has an exact definition of "near miss", that whenever planes come
within X feet of each other, it is defined as a "near miss".Although I'm not in the aviation industry (used to have a private pilot's license, but nothing more) I suspect that the term, "near miss" was coined by a moronic - whether oxy or otherwise - journalist. If one comes near to missing, one has barely hit, according to my quite possibly warped way of being logical.
BTW, is the opposite of tautology limpology?
That's a logical "near miss," I think!
If you think that, you have never seen me play darts! A near miss is a rare event for me, the phrase "missed by miles" is
much more apt.Well, Max, that's why I play darts indoors: I'm bound to hit one of the four walls.
I also play a wicked game of fiveis. It's only tennis when the ball goes back where it came from!
