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<blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 3696838" data-attributes="member: 16285">Because the term &quot;nova&quot; comes from what happens to a sun (as I pointed out).&nbsp; That is the comparison. At least 2 other people have posted in this thread that is what they thought the term meant also.That is where the term came from, its root in origin of the word (from usage).&nbsp; Making it mean something else is bastardizing the word a lot and hence absolutely messing up its meaning, IMO.&quot;Going nova&quot; means pretty much what I (and others have said). It is a potential that can happen, whether or not it happens frequently or not.Dealing a lot of damage in a short amount of time is something completely different - and that seems to be what you are referring to by &quot;going nova&quot;, ar at least the gist of it.We need to use words as close to what they actually mean as possible or else we will continue to have sideways discussion becasue we are actually talking about different things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="irdeggman, post: 3696838, member: 16285"] Because the term "nova" comes from what happens to a sun (as I pointed out). That is the comparison. At least 2 other people have posted in this thread that is what they thought the term meant also. That is where the term came from, its root in origin of the word (from usage). Making it mean something else is bastardizing the word a lot and hence absolutely messing up its meaning, IMO. "Going nova" means pretty much what I (and others have said). It is a potential that can happen, whether or not it happens frequently or not. Dealing a lot of damage in a short amount of time is something completely different - and that seems to be what you are referring to by "going nova", ar at least the gist of it. We need to use words as close to what they actually mean as possible or else we will continue to have sideways discussion becasue we are actually talking about different things. [/QUOTE]

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