Reed Hastings

But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.

American Businessman

Glenn Greenwald

As for the claim that drone 'pilots' are not engaged in the extinguishing of human life via video games, the military's own term for its drone kills - 'bug splat,' which happens to be the name of a children's video game - and other evidence negates that.

American Journalist

The word 'splat' mimics the actual sound it describes, often used for wet impacts.

Onomatopoeic Usage

'Splat' is casual, better for storytelling or conversation than formal writing.

Informal Expression

Using 'splat' in descriptions can help readers visualize a messy situation.

Visual Imagery

It specifically refers to the central part of a chair back, not to be confused with 'slat'.

Furniture Specific

The splat can vary in design from simple to complex, often indicating style.

Design Element

The splat adds both support and aesthetic value to a chair's structure.

Structural Feature

 Now, Einstein also thinks, you know, working in caves and travelling through space -- it's all very dangerous jobs. It would be very dangerous if you fell down. Wheeeeeee! Yeah. Little splat at the end there. Einstein, did that hurt?

Talking and squawking PIPE...

 them this is is it true that people look like their pets and in the case this herpetologists discovered this lovely frog and it's the biggest of them so it's not a very good glider lands was kind of a splat but I did get a picture

Splat

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