User talk:ThomasMurray3

BIG suit
Hi, Is BIG suit actually a tautology? Can you get away with saying he wore a BIG, instead of having to say he wore a BIG suit?

Conrad.Irwin 19:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

ThomasMurray3 here: "BIG suit" is a '60s aerospace term that I think I found either in Michael Collin's book "Carrying the Fire" or Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff." As is, it might be so archaic, or nowadays so rarely used, that it might not belong in here. But I used it for a review of the ABC TV show "Fringe" on helium.com and when I double checked in a fatter dictionary, it wasn't there. The phase I used was "major B.I.G. suit action." I think I'll just change it to "major HAZMET suit action." But thanks for your feedback. Peace out, --Tom.