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We use sports terms all the time. But where do they come from?

Posted by rkcr
Tags: idioms, language, english, sports, metaphors, cliches, author.victor mather, source.the new york times, paywall.soft
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/sports/sports-cliches-metaphors.html

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Published
Aug 6 2018
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    Algernon_Asimov
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    For future reference: language articles like this would fit well in ~humanities (which includes linguistics).

    For future reference: language articles like this would fit well in ~humanities (which includes linguistics).

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    1. rkcr
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      Good to know, thanks!

      Good to know, thanks!

  2. Greyshuck
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    I feel that attributing the origin of 'wheelhouse' to baseball (in which sense it is only attested from 1990 onwards, apparently) rather than to its nautical derivation is a little unwarranted here.

    I feel that attributing the origin of 'wheelhouse' to baseball (in which sense it is only attested from 1990 onwards, apparently) rather than to its nautical derivation is a little unwarranted here.