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OP Today's A.Word.A.Day uses this quote to illustrate the usage off "Tartarean":
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"The late-afternoon skies over lower downtown Denver were Stygian dark and Tartarean dreary, as had been the Rockies in the series with the omnipotent Yankees, when Todd Zeile approached the plate in the culmination of the 10th inning, and there was a fulmination and fulguration of thunder and lightning."
Woody Paige; A Ruthian Victory For the Locals; The Denver Post; Jun 21, 2002.<
What the hell is that? Culmination of the 10th inning? I mean, if you don't know the game, don't write about it. It's the bottom of the inning. And how can it be the culmination if they're still playing in the bottom of the 10th as the quote indicates, anyway? Sheesh! And he's gettin' paid to write this stuff? If I ever meet the guy who wrote this in person will somebody please remind me to throw-up on his shoes! Thank you, and good night.
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