Morten vs. the “Meteoric Rise”
In the huge pile of of self-contradictory rubbish people say the term “meteoric rise” stands out as especially rubbishy.
“Meteor” is the term used for the trail of an object falling from space and burning up in the atmosphere. If the object is big enough to actually hit the ground, but not big enough to eradicate all life on Earth, but still big enough to be found, it would be called a “meteorite“.
From this we can establish two things:
- a meteor is something that burns up in a huge spectacular fireball never to be seen or heard from again
- meteors fall
So, when you are saying “the meteoric rise to fame of [insert name of Apple product here]” what you are actually saying is “the fame of [insert name of Apple product here] was short, bright and ended in a huge fireball. Also my perception of time is reversed. Oh, look at that car reversing very fast away from me!”
Some dude trying to steal a real meteor