Talk:whirling void

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RFD discussion: September–October 2020[edit]

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A tornado is (somewhat poetically) a whirling void, but that doesn't make it an idiomatic term for one. This is like having an entry for "green fruit" defined as "an apple". Equinox 20:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)Reply

Flush the whirling void down the bathtub drain of history... delete. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 20:55, 21 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
thereby causing a gurgling void.  --Lambiam 13:50, 22 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Agree, whirl it into the void ... Mihia (talk) 14:14, 23 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
Agreed; the first hits on Google Books don't match this meaning, and it seems more useful to our readers to not portray it as usually meaning "tornado".--Prosfilaes (talk) 23:05, 23 September 2020 (UTC)Reply
RFD failed. PseudoSkull (talk) 03:03, 7 October 2020 (UTC)Reply