"atmospheric," n.

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> ....
> "An element in the climate of political opinion."
>
> CNN's Cindy Crowley this morning referred to a poll number that was "not the
> sort of atmospheric that Democrats like." (A close paraphrase.)
>
> Cf., of course, "statistic."
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I suspect maybe "atmospheric" might be an error for "stratospheric [poll
number]" meaning "very high [poll number]".

-- Doug Wilson

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