Doesn’t that imply some rotational energy the act doesn’t have? Unless I’m doing it wrong. And although screws DO go in and out, they do it awfully slowly.

If we’re going to use mechanical metaphors, wouldn’t “pistoning” be more apt?

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    Screwing, nailing, smashing, pounding… it’s about one thing going into another.