What's a broadside, anyway?

February 14, 2008 - Bill Ackerbauer

In response to a couple of folks who have asked for an explanation of the title of this blog, I offer the follow definitions of "broadside," courtesy of www.dictionary.com (I'd like to think each of the meanings will apply on some level to what I'm venturing to do here):

broad·side
[brawd-sahyd]
(noun, adverb, verb, -sid·ed, -sid·ing. –noun)

1.	the whole side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

Navy.

a.	all the guns that can be fired from one side of a warship.

b.	a simultaneous discharge of all the guns on one side of a warship.

3.	any strong or comprehensive attack, as by criticism.

Also called broadsheet.

a.	a sheet of paper printed on one or both sides, as for distribution or posting.

b.	any printed advertising circular.

5.	any broad surface or side, as of a house.

6.	Also called broadside ballad. a song, chiefly in 16th- and 17th-century England, written on a topical subject, printed on broadsides, and sung in public, as on a street corner, by a professional balladeer.

–adverb

7.	with the side, esp. with the broader side, facing toward a given point or object: The truck hit the fence broadside.

8.	in a wide-ranging manner; at random: to attack the President's policies broadside.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to proceed or go broadside.

10.	to fire a broadside or broadsides.

–verb (used with object)

11.	to collide with or run into the side of (a vehicle, object, person, etc.): We got broadsided on the freeway.

12.	to make concerted verbal attacks on: The President was broadsided by the opposition.

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