(Cool) Words I Learned On Scubaboard

[Daylonious]

I liked this one:

DIA - Doom Induced Nausea. Feeling in the pit of your stomach when you are about to do a dive which is completely out of your comfort zone or experience.

 

[Gidds]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051229...g8PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

 

[Daylonious]

Gidds - okay THAT was a random post.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051229...g8PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

 

[Gidds]

why thanks
I was alluding to the use of the word bellwether in both the first post and then coincidently in the title of the news story. I'd only seen the word before in the first post.

 

[ShoalDiverSA]

Gidds,

I got it just before you posted - interesting coincidence!

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

I liked this one:

DIA - Doom Induced Nausea. Feeling in the pit of your stomach when you are about to do a dive which is completely out of your comfort zone or experience.

Yeah, I liked that one too, but can't figure out how they got an 'A' from 'nausea.'

 

[Daylonious]

Okay, I'm officially old. I didn't even catch that...

DIN works better.. and it's more funny as well.

D.

Yeah, I liked that one too, but can't figure out how they got an 'A' from 'nausea.'

 

[piikki]

Nickel Rocket

Maybe it's a common one, I hadn't heard it before. Now I hear it too often, especially on DIR forum.

 

[Supernal]

What does "nickel rocket" mean?

 

[Kim]

DIR
Ok - it's not a word but I first heard it here!