An evasive technique used in a situations where the answer to a question is either unknown, or would be damaging to the image of the respondent.
âIâll have to psircle back to you on that.â
PWCHH!!!
The sound of a cable snapping on an amusement park's thrill ride -- right before it severs your feet! Screams ensue, and similar rides are shut down nationwide.
"I seen the car go up. Then, like, the cable broke, I heard -- pwchh -- and I heard a lot of people screaming." - Chris Stinnett describing June 21st 2007's Superman Tower Of Power disaster at Louisville's Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
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The sound of a 20-foot rocket launching in an appreciably arid area, heard from about a mile away. It may be accompanied by a visible vapor trail that is either straight or shaped like a corkscrew; and it is considered to be exciting, regardless.
"What's it like to see it go up? It's 'chick-koom,' and it's gone," Judy Wallin said. "It is exciting."
area woman discussing Upham, New Mexico's future spaceport
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The sound made by a deadly Tennessee tornado.
It may last a decasecond.
It may be followed by screams from a man.
It may be the worst sound one has ever heard.
"The worst sound Eric Funkhouser said he has ever heard was a 10-second 'voom' followed by a man's screams."
(taken from a news story about April 10, 2009's deadly tornado that struck Murfreesboro, TN)
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