I wish I was better with words

[NomoneyNohoney]

I don't mean to kick people when they"re down, but..

Today's Space X rocket apparently exploded. The commentator described it as a "rapid unexpected disassembly..." Comparable in my opinion, with Ukraine describing the sinking of the Moskva, as the vessel "joining Russia's underwater fleet."

[mc2fool]

I wish you were better at using the subjunctive.

[Mike4]

I wish you were better at using the subjunctive.

Is that some sort of eye infection?

[mc2fool]

I wish you were better at using the subjunctive.

Is that some sort of eye infection?

Only in Italian.

[chas49]

I don't mean to kick people when they"re down, but..

Today's Space X rocket apparently exploded. The commentator described it as a "rapid unexpected disassembly..." Comparable in my opinion, with Ukraine describing the sinking of the Moskva, as the vessel "joining Russia's underwater fleet."

It appears that the term RUD has been in use for quite a while:

https://space.stackexchange.com/questio ... isassembly

[NomoneyNohoney]

Great link, I had no idea the RUD had a history.

In the explanation, I quite liked, "It seems to have exploded in popularity around 2011"

[stewamax]

Then perhaps male impotence is rapid unexpected detumescence

[brightncheerful]

in the wonderful world of business tenancy caselaw, an interpretation question is whether "and' is conjunctive or disjunctive.