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Richard Wilkins “…terrific…horrific…”

Reporting a tumble by singer Jimmy Buffet, Today's entertainment editor Richard Wilkins couldn't decide whether it was terrific footage... or horrific.

Reporting a live stage tumble by singer Jimmy Buffet, Today‘s entertainment editor Richard Wilkins couldn’t decide whether it was terrific footage… or horrific.

At least he didn’t certify him dead….

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g63zaTCHxck[/youtube]

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  1. Wilkins interviewed Buffet just a couple of hours before the concert and was there at the concert. He then has to get up at 3am to work on the program plus Nine News/ACA… have some respect. The guy works bloody hard.

  2. To give him an excuse he doesn’t deserve, the etymology of terrific and horrific aren’t that dissimilar.

    Terrific:
    1660s, “frightening,” from L. terrificus “causing terror or fear,” from terrere “fill with fear” (etymonline.com/index.php?search=terrific&searchmode=none)

    Horrific:
    “causing horror,” 1650s, from L. horrificus “terrible, dreadful,” lit. “making the hair stand on end,” (etymonline.com/index.php?search=horrific&searchmode=none)

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