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A comment on Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in Pacific. Parent comment

Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by kbenson on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:06PM (#14896307)
I think this is a case of insufficient nomenclature. Do we have more appropriate wording that doesn't negate it's usefulness in correctness by being too lengthy?
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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by kgwgk on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:17PM (#14896364)
"Plastic particles patch" would be more accurate but it doesn't sound as bad.
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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by kbenson on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:53PM (#14896566)
It also somewhat loses in impact because it's not immediately obvious that it's because of sea pollution, which "garbage" does a good job of conveying. You get there through some (admittedly short) reasoning, but that's probably what they were trying to avoid.
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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by kgwgk on Monday July 31, 2017 @07:04PM (#14896632)
Plastic pollution patch, then? But it's true that "garbage" does a very good job of conveying the desired (misleading) image.
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