halfway up the mountain

[sergebroom]

mediocre [ˌmiːdɪˈəʊkə ˈmiːdɪˌəʊkə]
adj
Often derogatory average or ordinary in quality a mediocre book
[via French from Latin mediocris moderate, literally: halfway up the mountain, from medius middle + ocris stony mountain]

Comments

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

I'm not mediocre. I'm halfway down.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Is this the 'positive thinking' that people of Earth refer to?

[voidampersand.livejournal.com]

Why yes! The gravitational attraction between myself and the Earth is always positive, as the distance between myself and its center.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

So a sinking feeling is a good thing then?