"on the loom"

[Laurence Horn]

At 6:19 PM +0000 6/9/11, maberry at uw.edu wrote:
>Headline from Accuweather.com 6/9/2011; 2:20 EDT
>
>"Breaking Weather: Powerful Storms On the Loom" = powerful storms looming?
>
>First time I've seen this usage.
>
That's nice.  To anticipate Jerry Cohen, a blend of "looming" and "on
the way"?  (Or "on the come", in the poker sense?)

LH

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