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Old July 20th 09, 03:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Richard[_11_]
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On Jul 20, 8:56*am, a wrote:
On Jul 20, 3:36*am, D Ramapriya wrote:

Was wondering about this term "near-miss"... shouldn't a near-miss
actually be a collision and a near-collision a miss?


Ramapriya


A 'Near Miss' *means there's an unmarried woman in the immediate
proximity. It's an important issue because some people who used to
post here a lot had restraining orders preventing them from being near
misses.


Or Mrs. (which is a nearly-Miss, see also: milf)