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Chris -- 2025-05-10
When it comes to throwing things, lobbing stones for example seems less malicious than hurling, pelting or flinging them. Lobbing suggests a graceful arc, delivered underhand while playing boules perhaps, or a friendly game of tennis. (On the other hand though, I think that grenades may be lobbed more often than flung or pelted?)
While lobbying is usually the action of influencing, persuading, pressurising or even buttonholing by the lapels some politician or decision-maker, threatening with a shower of bricks may be even more effective in the short term.
... and conservative Americans line up to shower encomiums on the enemy dictator while lobbying brickbats at the American President.
This spawned a culture of proto-hooliganism, with “guys lobbying bricks through windows, chasing the girls, coming to school with daggers, with swords.”
Alluding to Doris’ attacks on Sunak, they said it was made “particularly difficult by a certain cabinet minister lobbying bricks on Twitter”...
Al Jazeera reported brawls outside Waterloo train station and counter-protesters lobbying stones at police from the top of nearby bridges.
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Coincidentally, a related usage (latest post here ) came up today. A lot of what you say here is relevant to that case as well, Peter. In fact, I think I’ll copy your post over there.
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So this thread should be continued there
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2023-04-24 07:21:29)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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