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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Buzz

I had even daydreamed from time to time about ordering a hive and some bees from the Sears catalog and taking up beekeeping. But I didn't really catch the buzz until the summer day in 1969 when I found a swarm hanging from a tree branch, quickly nailed together some boards to make a crude hive, shook the bees into my hive, and brought them home.

In this paragraph, I'm wondering what catch the buzz means. Is it a frequently used phrase?

Thanks in advance!
  

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It is a slang phrase, but not used all that often and not with quite this meaning. I think the writer has stretched the original meaning (= 'hear the news') to mean 'get excited about the prospect' just because of the association of 'buzz' with bees.

— Mister Micawber

  • It is a slang phrase, but not used all that often and not with quite this meaning.
  • I think the writer has stretched the original meaning (= 'hear the news') to mean 'get excited about the prospect' just because of the association of 'buzz' with bees.
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It is a slang phrase, but not used all that often and not with quite this meaning. I think the writer has stretched the original meaning (= 'hear the news') to mean 'get excited about the prospect' just because of the association of 'buzz' with bees.
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Thanks Mister Micawber!

Could you explain what the word the prospect ('get excited about the prospect') means?
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The possibility that something will happen
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