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Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (2 Viewers)

Phil Elliott said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
Phil Elliott said:
Derecho
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Nope. It is the correct term for this phenomenon.
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We will probably just agree to disagree. I never heard of it until this week and it looks like NWS defined it in 2020.
The official name of "Post-it Notes" or sticky notes is "Repositionable Notes" but I don't hear any one call them that.
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We had one of these a few years back. It seems like the kind of phenomenon that should have a name associated with it. It's not a thunderstorm and not a tornado - it has features in common with those, but it's not the same as either. This isn't as stupid as, say, naming winter storms.
 
Phil Elliott said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
Phil Elliott said:
Derecho
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Nope. It is the correct term for this phenomenon.
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We will probably just agree to disagree. I never heard of it until this week and it looks like NWS defined it in 2020.
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What is the origin of the term "derecho?"
The word "derecho" was coined by Dr. Gustavus Hinrichs, a physics professor at the University of Iowa, in a paper published in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888. "Derecho" is a Spanish word meaning "direct" or "straight ahead;" Hinrichs coined it to distinguish straight-line wind damage from that produced by tornadoes. While the term was used in the meteorological community for a short time during the late nineteenth century, it disappeared from use for nearly 100 years until resurrected by severe weather meteorologists in the mid-1980s.
 
3C's said:
Phil Elliott said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
Phil Elliott said:
Derecho
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Nope. It is the correct term for this phenomenon.
Click to expand...
We will probably just agree to disagree. I never heard of it until this week and it looks like NWS defined it in 2020.
Click to expand...
What is the origin of the term "derecho?"
The word "derecho" was coined by Dr. Gustavus Hinrichs, a physics professor at the University of Iowa, in a paper published in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888. "Derecho" is a Spanish word meaning "direct" or "straight ahead;" Hinrichs coined it to distinguish straight-line wind damage from that produced by tornadoes. While the term was used in the meteorological community for a short time during the late nineteenth century, it disappeared from use for nearly 100 years until resurrected by severe weather meteorologists in the mid-1980s.
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I've lived in Houston for fifty years, and I'd never seen anything like that here before. It was impressive to watch it in real time on radar. It needs its own name. The tornado that was on the ground looked very different.
 
Mrs. Rannous said:
3C's said:
Phil Elliott said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
Phil Elliott said:
Derecho
Click to expand...
Nope. It is the correct term for this phenomenon.
Click to expand...
We will probably just agree to disagree. I never heard of it until this week and it looks like NWS defined it in 2020.
Click to expand...
What is the origin of the term "derecho?"
The word "derecho" was coined by Dr. Gustavus Hinrichs, a physics professor at the University of Iowa, in a paper published in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888. "Derecho" is a Spanish word meaning "direct" or "straight ahead;" Hinrichs coined it to distinguish straight-line wind damage from that produced by tornadoes. While the term was used in the meteorological community for a short time during the late nineteenth century, it disappeared from use for nearly 100 years until resurrected by severe weather meteorologists in the mid-1980s.
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I've lived in Houston for fifty years, and I'd never seen anything like that here before. It was impressive to watch it in real time on radar. It needs its own name. The tornado that was on the ground looked very different.
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Yeah, the history of the term is that an Army Corps guy was researching severe storms and calling everything tornadoes and it caused a "dispute" with this professor/meteorology guys, so Hinrichs used derecho to differentiate straight line versus rotating winds.
 
Mrs. Rannous said:
3C's said:
Phil Elliott said:
Mrs. Rannous said:
Phil Elliott said:
Derecho
Click to expand...
Nope. It is the correct term for this phenomenon.
Click to expand...
We will probably just agree to disagree. I never heard of it until this week and it looks like NWS defined it in 2020.
Click to expand...
What is the origin of the term "derecho?"
The word "derecho" was coined by Dr. Gustavus Hinrichs, a physics professor at the University of Iowa, in a paper published in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888. "Derecho" is a Spanish word meaning "direct" or "straight ahead;" Hinrichs coined it to distinguish straight-line wind damage from that produced by tornadoes. While the term was used in the meteorological community for a short time during the late nineteenth century, it disappeared from use for nearly 100 years until resurrected by severe weather meteorologists in the mid-1980s.
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I've lived in Houston for fifty years, and I'd never seen anything like that here before. It was impressive to watch it in real time on radar. It needs its own name. The tornado that was on the ground looked very different.
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I have a daughter that lives in Houston and agree it was a crazy storm.
 
fatness said:
The term derecho has been around 3-4 years and has frequently been on national weather shows and in local weather shows here (MD).
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Longer than that. 2012 derecho was crazy here. I remember Port City Brewing releasing a “Derecho Common” beer after that derecho killed the power for days and beer got too warm during fermentation for the pilsner they were making.
 
Maybe I need to go complain about this in the Shark Pool, but what is it with all these new terms for types of players? Hero RB? Anchor RB? WTH are these people talking about? I'm pretty connected to the industry but man, over the past 2-3 years all of these "advanced stats" have flooded us with more data than I know what to do with.
 
nirad3 said:
Maybe I need to go complain about this in the Shark Pool, but what is it with all these new terms for types of players? Hero RB? Anchor RB? WTH are these people talking about? I'm pretty connected to the industry but man, over the past 2-3 years all of these "advanced stats" have flooded us with more data than I know what to do with.
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Dorks trying to sound cool, IMO. Like, when dudes talk about having 'shares' of players. Just stop. They aren't stocks. Nobody cares about your fantasy roster.
 
General Malaise said:
nirad3 said:
Maybe I need to go complain about this in the Shark Pool, but what is it with all these new terms for types of players? Hero RB? Anchor RB? WTH are these people talking about? I'm pretty connected to the industry but man, over the past 2-3 years all of these "advanced stats" have flooded us with more data than I know what to do with.
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Dorks trying to sound cool, IMO. Like, when dudes talk about having 'shares' of players. Just stop. They aren't stocks. Nobody cares about your fantasy roster.
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Yup, tried to avoid the whole "shares" thing, even with being in like 15+ leagues. :bag:
 
nirad3 said:
Maybe I need to go complain about this in the Shark Pool, but what is it with all these new terms for types of players? Hero RB? Anchor RB? WTH are these people talking about? I'm pretty connected to the industry but man, over the past 2-3 years all of these "advanced stats" have flooded us with more data than I know what to do with.
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Always hated when FF guys said a player was a nice 'piece' in a trade
 
nirad3 said:
Maybe I need to go complain about this in the Shark Pool, but what is it with all these new terms for types of players? Hero RB? Anchor RB? WTH are these people talking about? I'm pretty connected to the industry but man, over the past 2-3 years all of these "advanced stats" have flooded us with more data than I know what to do with.
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Zero RB = you ignore RBs in the first several rounds of a draft, loading up on all the other positions and filling in your RBs with ~7th rounders and beyond.
Hero RB (aka Anchor RB) = you draft one top RB early, then ignore the position for a while to load up on all other positions, then fill in your RB2 and bench spots with upside late RBs.
 
wlwiles said:
nirad3 said:
Maybe I need to go complain about this in the Shark Pool, but what is it with all these new terms for types of players? Hero RB? Anchor RB? WTH are these people talking about? I'm pretty connected to the industry but man, over the past 2-3 years all of these "advanced stats" have flooded us with more data than I know what to do with.
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Zero RB = you ignore RBs in the first several rounds of a draft, loading up on all the other positions and filling in your RBs with ~7th rounders and beyond.
Hero RB (aka Anchor RB) = you draft one top RB early, then ignore the position for a while to load up on all other positions, then fill in your RB2 and bench spots with upside late RBs.
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I definitely know what Zero RB is all about, but first time I heard "Hero RB" and/or "Anchor RB" was a few weeks ago. And if they are used interchangeably, why are there two terms? It just seems silly and unnecessary.
 
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