“Hillary’s floundering campaign”
Foundering = sinking
Floundering = smelling like a dead fish?
I vote for foundering & floundering.
““Hillary’s floundering campaign”
Foundering = sinking
Floundering = smelling like a dead fish?”
YES! This drives me crazy as an old sailor. Foundering is the act of getting set to sink. A Flounder is a fish! But the twisting of the meanings of these words goes way back. Like a hundred years!
Floundering = flapping around uncontrollably; flailing, like a fish out of water.