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Monday, October 12, 2009
Non Sequitur of the Day: Football Phrase Co-opting Edition
As we've discussed, words mean something. So, it always interests me when a usage seemingly comes out of nowhere to be everywhere.
Today's example:
"Pick six."
The phrase originally
meant this
.
And it has now begun to
mean this
.
(An all-too-rare Detroit Lions' example can be found
here
).
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