You Get to Ban One Word from the Lexicon of Sports

[Phil]

What word are you banning?

 

This one's an easy one for me: celly.

[josh]

?Advanced?

 

Cells, sauce and bar-down can all go, too

[BrooksBurner]

Waffleboarded

[Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc]

Soccer

[LindG1000]

"the"

 

Mostly for humorous effect.

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTT

 

 

regular shoot is ok

[NYR2711]

Anything said by John Sterling

[4EverRangerFrank]

Anything said by John Sterling

 

...or Dick Emrick.

 

 

Ban? Veteran (especially when it's pronounced, "Vetrin."

[pws85nyr]

Soccer

 

+1

 

 

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[GordonGecko]

should be phrase/saying, not word

 

for word, "generational"

 

for phrase, "not trying to do too much"

[AliveIn94]

Impactful. It's not a word.

 

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[Phil]

should be phrase/saying, not word

 

for word, "generational"

 

for phrase, "not trying to do too much"

 

They're different topics. We can do a thread on phrasing, too.

[BrooksBurner]

Impactful. It's not a word.

 

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huh?

[Mistercosmic]

Sensational.

 

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[Pete]

"Warrior"

[fletch]

'character'

because the suggestion that the player who has it is a higher quality human being than others on the team or around the league

[paddynyc]

leadership

[BlairBettsBlocksEverything]

i guess it's a phrase but 'X wanted it more'

 

these are pro athletes who have busted their ass their entire lives. they both want it

[Abe Froman]

Special.

[GordonGecko]

Impactful. It's not a word.

 

words become words through usage, Impactful has already made it into the Oxford dictionary. Ginormous is a recent word. But some fake words are just people not understanding how to speak English, like "Irregardless"

[BrooksBurner]

i guess it's a phrase but 'X wanted it more'

 

these are pro athletes who have busted their ass their entire lives. they both want it

 

Good one! I think sometimes it is used appropriately, but many times it is a frustrating thing to hear. It's bad in team context as well. If a team wins one zip on a flukey goal, it does not mean they wanted it more.

[NY Chief]

should be phrase/saying, not word

 

for word, "generational"

 

for phrase, "not trying to do too much"

 

phrase - "Like I said..." as the first thing out of your mouth you didn't say anything yet!!!!!!

[NY Chief]

words become words through usage, Impactful has already made it into the Oxford dictionary. Ginormous is a recent word. But some fake words are just people not understanding how to speak English, like "Irregardless"

 

Actually that is a word

[NY Chief]

very easy....and I HATE this...

 

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL"

STFU

[Long live the King]

Actually that is a word

 

what does it mean then?