'It will be a success of titanic proportions' (or similar). A very carefully thought out description that Boris Johnson used to describe the Brexit process. Maybe it was a bit harsh, and not subtle enough, but got the headlines I guess he wanted.
The word titanic has certainly taken on a different meaning since her fateful voyage all those years ago. Until the iceberg did the damage, titanic was just another adjective but will probably never go back to being just that. It has a whole new meaning nowadays, and I expect other words associated with disasters yet to happen will suffer the same fate. Hindenberg springs to mind as another word associated with disaster (albeit geographic not adjective) as is Aberfan and many others, but will we see another titanic-like event? Not that I want anything to befall anyone, but accidents/incidents do happen. Will we see a yet to be created huge aeroplane called Gigantic disappear in the Arctic or similar, thereby giving us another disaster of gigantic proportions?
Bit of a blogging break for me now - holidays for a week.
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