A LURCH IS NOT THE SAME AS A LEAP!—AND THIS U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ALMOST OVERWHELMINGLY ABOUT LURCHING, NOT LEAP! ING
When used as a verb, “lurch” is usually defined something like this: “1. To stagger. 2. To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically.” When the word refers to an act, it refers to something that is observably opportunistic. That is to say, something that is, at minimum, seeking an edge, an advantage, an opening, a [...]
