Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pilot E-Mail wrote: > > Sal. > Please explain your meaning of the big difference between GIDDY and Pumped. > > Major Waechter ><Snip> I looked it up! Giddy: "dizzy, vertiginous. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is “producing a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall”: a giddy precipice; a dizzy pinnacle; a vertiginous height." In other words: NOT A GOOD ADJECTIVE FOR WINNING HELECOPTOR PILOTS Pumped: "Electromagnetic radiation used to raise atoms or molecules to a higher energy level." In other words: A MUCH BETTER ADJECTIVE FOR WINNING HELECOPTOR PILOTS although the idiom seems to have gone around this dictionary! Mark :-) Rabiner time to pass on to a higher energy level...