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Should probably resync the title to the article, I'm guessing the guardian realised a "near miss" is a hit.

by bartbes 11y ago

eterm 11y ago
near miss noun noun: near miss; plural noun: near misses 1. a narrowly avoided collision or other accident. "she had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dyke" 2. a bomb or shot that just misses its target. "he had escaped more than twenty near misses" In no definition is "near miss" a hit, even taking it "literally" near is adjective for the noun miss, so it is a miss that is near. i.e, a miss where two bodies are close but don't hit.
- slazaro 11y ago
  It's one of those expressions that means the opposite of what you'd think if it was the first time you came across it. Like "could care less".
  - solaris999 11y ago
    "could care less" only exists out of misappropriation of the original idiom though, which is "couldn't care less" - a phrase which makes far more sense.
- emilssolmanis 11y ago
  In any definition, a near miss is a hit. A "near hit" would be what you're looking for... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM
  - wlkr 11y ago
    Not in any definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_%28safety%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_%28safety%29
  - danparsonson 11y ago
    "Near miss" isn't "nearly a miss" - it's a miss where both parties were near each other. "Near hit" may actually make more logical sense though.
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  - coldtea 11y ago
    "near miss" just means "that was close", or "we almost didn't miss" -- in other words, "we missed, but we were pretty damn close and could have collided". It doesn't mean "nearly missed, but actually hit" -- check any dictionary.
- mlonkibjuyhv 11y ago
  But it's used in the sense "too close and not within acceptable margins". It's not a collision, but one might just as well think of it as a "hit" - someone messed up.
sjcsjc 11y ago
Reminds me of a trick question my late father used to ask us as kids: "would you rather be nearly saved or nearly drowned?"

Should probably resync the title to the article, I'm guessing the guardian realised a "near miss" is a hit.

by bartbes 11y ago

Should probably resync the title to the article, I'm guessing the guardian realised a "near miss" is a hit.

eterm 11y ago

near miss noun noun: near miss; plural noun: near misses 1. a narrowly avoided collision or other accident. "she had a near miss when her horse was nearly sucked into a dyke" 2. a bomb or shot that just misses its target. "he had escaped more than twenty near misses" In no definition is "near miss" a hit, even taking it "literally" near is adjective for the noun miss, so it is a miss that is near. i.e, a miss where two bodies are close but don't hit.

slazaro 11y ago
It's one of those expressions that means the opposite of what you'd think if it was the first time you came across it. Like "could care less".
- solaris999 11y ago
  "could care less" only exists out of misappropriation of the original idiom though, which is "couldn't care less" - a phrase which makes far more sense.
emilssolmanis 11y ago
In any definition, a near miss is a hit. A "near hit" would be what you're looking for... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKdvTecYAM
- wlkr 11y ago
  Not in any definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_%28safety%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_miss_%28safety%29
- danparsonson 11y ago
  "Near miss" isn't "nearly a miss" - it's a miss where both parties were near each other. "Near hit" may actually make more logical sense though.
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- coldtea 11y ago
  "near miss" just means "that was close", or "we almost didn't miss" -- in other words, "we missed, but we were pretty damn close and could have collided". It doesn't mean "nearly missed, but actually hit" -- check any dictionary.
mlonkibjuyhv 11y ago
But it's used in the sense "too close and not within acceptable margins". It's not a collision, but one might just as well think of it as a "hit" - someone messed up.

sjcsjc 11y ago

Reminds me of a trick question my late father used to ask us as kids: "would you rather be nearly saved or nearly drowned?"