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Non Sequitur of the Day: Football Phrase Co-opting Edition

Posted: October 12th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: detroit, detroit lions, etymology, football, lottery, pop culture | No Comments »

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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