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At least it's nice to see them sticking with George Carlin's nomenclature.
Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullshit, my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss. [WHAM! CRUNCH!] "Look, they nearly missed!" "Yes, but not quite."
Wow, I could actually hear George talking as I read that. Damn, I miss him.
Nearly missed, and near miss are totally different things. Near is just description of what kind of miss this is, but it is still a miss. Near miss, far miss, typical miss, etc.
Pretty sure they were referring to the “near collisions” in the article title.
I was not replying about the title.
Yes, I understood that. The person you replied to, on the other hand, likely was referencing the title.