(MasterShrink) wrote

I am really getting sick of seeing this phrase "exploded" in nearly
every media outlet talking about the loss of Columbia, as it seems
everyone I run into these days says Columbia "exploded"...even people
who really should know better.

It was the same way with Challenger, which didn't strictly "explode."
"Violently broke apart" or "disintegrated" seems about the best way
to say it without going into an excessively long explanation of what
actually happened. All in all, I'm willing to give "exploded" a pass,
though I also wince on seeing it.