“Here’s a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: ‘near miss.’ They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it’s a near miss. BS, my friend. It’s a near hit! A collision is a near miss.
[WHAM! CRUNCH!]
“Look, they nearly missed!”
“Yes, but not quite.”
-George Carlin
That has been irritating me for a few years now.. I tried to explain the difference to someone once.. I gave up :/
It was like trying to talk truth to a Lib :p