"Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)

[Benjamin Barrett]

Looks like circular troll country once again. BB

Tom Zurinskas wrote:
> Point was - why the term "tidal wave" appears to be dropped for "tsunami".  Someone said "tsunami" more accurately reflects the cause, which is an earthquake.  My point was that we had a term we understood, like parkway, even though it wasn't perfectly exact, like the way "parkway" doesn't resemble driving through a park.
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> So I guess the question why "tidal wave" is dropped and who is responsible for dropping it goes unanswered, unless "tsunami" actually does relfect causation by an earthquake.

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