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20:35 Nov 21, 2012 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Music | |||||||
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3 +1 | verb: to snowball; noun: the snowball effect |
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3 -1 | snowballed |
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verb: to snowball; noun: the snowball effect Explanation: I think this is what you're looking for: like a snowball that, as it rolls downhill, collects more snow and grows in size and volume, a story can grow in detail and drama with each retelling. |
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snowballed Explanation: Using "snowball" as a verb (to snowball) means to have gained momentum, to have progressed through a series of incidences. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2012-11-24 18:01:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This seems to have nothing to do with the definition of snowball but by request let's look at just a few of the "real world" instances of the use of "incidences" that go beyond the traditional, standard dictionary or guidelines of usage. Perhaps most often used in technical writing or to illustrate the negative, but not necessarily, it illustrates the fluidity of language and limitations of understanding that may result from the strict adherence of principles in an ever-changing world. However, I am yet to understand the insistence upon harping on the point which doesn't really seem to be constructive of relevance to the question proposed initially and seems sadly to be for other purposes. Can this insistence upon irrelevant critical analysis be explained? http://www.amazon.com/Incidences-Daniil-Kharms/dp/185242480X http://www.thefreedictionary.com/incidences http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20828914 http://www.pwdca.org/addisons-incidences I don't think the issue at hand has enlarged in any scope but it certainly has "snowballed"... :) |
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