Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
What is a connotation Alex?
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/connotation
One connotation of accident is something that has an element of being unavoidable.
Don't argue with me, argue with those that penned the content of the hundreds of links that come up when you Google "calling accidents crashes."
You are welcome!
What is gratuitous dictionary abuse, as-yet unnamed successor to Alex?
That is a completely lame argument. Words have multiple meanings and connotations are derived largely from context. One of the connotations of "crash" is the stock price dropped dramatically, or someone's drug abuse has finally caught up with them. Should we not use that word to describe incidents where cars strike bicyclists because people might be confused by its multiple meanings? And, just as an aside "unavoidable crash" is not an oxymoron, neither is "avoidable accident".
I am arguing with the hundreds of links that get this wrong and you--"accident" is a broad term, and does not necessarily imply anything about fault or inevitability. And don't argue with me about it, argue with the NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ntReports.aspx
Pretty silly of them to investigate the causes of things that can't be avoided in order to learn how to avoid them, huh?
BTW, thunder "crashes". You want to explain how that is avoidable?