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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 #50853 12/31/2001 7:21 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I would have little trouble with the phrase, "The WTC was bombarded by planes". Well, I would. To me, IMHO, the word "bombarded" implies mutliple, repeated hits, n a succession sufficinetly rapid that each hits before there is time to recover from the one before. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Top Ten Words of 2001 WhitmanO'Neill 12/27/2001 1:38 AM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Jackie 12/28/2001 1:55 AM A Tangential Proposition Wordwind 12/28/2001 10:59 AM Re: Ground Zero Faldage 12/28/2001 2:13 PM Re: Ground Zero Capital Kiwi 12/29/2001 7:22 PM . Max Quordlepleen 12/29/2001 10:33 PM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Jackie 12/31/2001 2:32 AM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 tsuwm 12/31/2001 6:05 AM Re: Back to Ground Zero Faldage 12/31/2001 4:27 PM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Jazzoctopus 12/31/2001 5:29 PM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Jackie 12/31/2001 5:37 PM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Keiva 12/31/2001 7:21 PM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 tsuwm 12/31/2001 7:23 PM It's New Year's Eve consuelo 12/31/2001 10:23 PM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Jackie 01/01/2002 1:15 AM Re: Top Ten Words of 2001 Faldage 01/01/2002 2:37 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,347 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,186 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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