"atmospheric," n.

[Jonathan Lighter]

I suspect not, but since the specific reference didn't sink in, I can't be
certain.

JL

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > "An element in the climate of political opinion."
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> > CNN's Cindy Crowley this morning referred to a poll number that was "not
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> > sort of atmospheric that Democrats like." (A close paraphrase.)
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> > 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]".
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> -- Doug Wilson
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