graphic n.

[Dan Goncharoff]

I agree, it's weird, but I still think he is referring to a future graphic,
both as a real thing to come and as a symbol of what will be the most
important part of the narrative of the game.

DanG


On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> He wasn't referring to any actual graphic on the screen.  Maybe to a
> hypothetical or imagined or future or figurative graphic.  Still, though,
> that's kind of weird.  Can a "graphic" be something that might (eventurally)
> appear in commentaries or statistics but hasn't?
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> The statement "That's a big graphic tonight" was uttered somewhat early in
> the game--pretty clearly to mean 'That will be an important consideration
> (or "narrative") tonight' or 'That will be something to pay attention to'.
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> It doesn't sound like much of a stretch that he would extend the meaning to
> a factoid that might have otherwise been represented by a on-screen
> graphic.
> But, of course, he might have just referred to the actual graphic.
>
> VS-)
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> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Are you sure he wasn't referring to a screen of statistics, commonly
> > called a graphic in the TV biz?
> >
> >
>
> ABC sportscaster (don't know his name), regarding the LSU quarterback's
> willingness to throw deep passes against West Virginia:  "This is a big
> graphic tonight."
> --Charlie
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