A history of sporting lingo: a linguistic 'shirtfronting' for lovers and haters of sports alike
- Written by Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
Like sport or hate it, it’s hard to deny the role that sporting lingo plays in our daily lives.
Corporate language everywhere groans with references of people leveling playing fields, getting balls rolling, moving goal posts, lighting fires under their teams, blocking and tackling, even touching base offline – and of course it’s...