I’ve also heard it is “lamblast.” Done by a sheep in wolf’s clothing, perhaps. Similar to the misuse of “penultimate” to mean “ultimate” is the misuse of “epicenter” to mean something like “dead center,” when it really means “above the center,” because the center of an earthquake lies below ground, so the point on the surface above that is the epicenter.
Terry:
November 9th, 2014 at 2:57 pm
We think the origin is from basting a lamb on a spit.
roverT33:
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:51 pm
I think it has to do with basting a lamb on a spit as well.
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Steve Dunham:
November 7th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I’ve also heard it is “lamblast.” Done by a sheep in wolf’s clothing, perhaps. Similar to the misuse of “penultimate” to mean “ultimate” is the misuse of “epicenter” to mean something like “dead center,” when it really means “above the center,” because the center of an earthquake lies below ground, so the point on the surface above that is the epicenter.
Terry:
November 9th, 2014 at 2:57 pm
We think the origin is from basting a lamb on a spit.
roverT33:
December 22nd, 2015 at 7:51 pm
I think it has to do with basting a lamb on a spit as well.