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Dec 11, 2012

The language of sports

The Mascots assemble on College Colors Day 2011
      Lots of professions have specialized vocabularies. That's why we sometimes need translations when doctors or lawyers or scientific specialists talk.
     And it's true of sports reporters too. They write, for example, of a recruit "committing" to Alabama. Yet, this morning, there's this sports headline:

Report: Cornerback Jahmere Irvin-Sills decommits from Auburn

 Which kinda kills the meaning of the word commit, no?

 

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  1. Jay CroftTuesday, December 11, 2012 12:36:00 PM

    It's simply a ten-dollar word for "backs out."

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