Openstreetmap is having a moment

Re:Openstreetmap is having a moment by whimsicalism on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:24PM (#25141205)

In American English it can mean either. Usually the use you mentioned would be if you said "I'm having a moment" or something along those lines.

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Re:Openstreetmap is having a moment by choward on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:23PM (#25141964)

I think it just means something different than the norm. "I'm having a moment" can be something positive in certain contexts.

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Re:Openstreetmap is having a moment by ericras on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:36PM (#25141359)

"Needing a moment" or "I need a moment" in American English is the negative version.

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Re:Openstreetmap is having a moment by whimsicalism on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:47PM (#25141520)

"I'm having a moment" (I'm being dumb, I was being thoughtless, I am confused) and "I need a moment" mean two different negative things to this American.

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Re:Openstreetmap is having a moment by afandian on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @02:26PM (#25141226)

Good to know, thanks. Maybe I'm pre-conditioned to look for idiom-bending uses in blog post titles!

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