I chuckled at the retro colloquialism "thats booking it". Which was current in probably the late 70's early 80s of the last century.
That said, given the time dilation, one wonders if LIGO could pull out the orbit from enough samples.
That said, given the time dilation, one wonders if LIGO could pull out the orbit from enough samples.
Is there a particular group associated with it these days? Back in the day it was hot rodders who were talking about fast cars. I wonder what the linguistic definition of a colloquialism's lifetime is, or if there even is one.
I’m not sure where you’re from, but this is just simply not correct. I have never been in that group and I know lots of people who regularly use that phrase. It’s a fundamental colloquialism.