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A flash in time

Posted: August 25, 2021 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized |Leave a comment

Mika Brzezinski said this one on Morning Joe on August 24 (6:07 am EST). It is a conflation of “a flash in the pan” (someone or something that draws a lot of attention for a short period of time) and “at this moment in time” (currently, right now). Both phrases describe something happening now and quickly, making it almost a congruent conflation. Mika might have also been thinking of “flashback”. A big thanks to Frank King for hearing this one and sending it in.

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