10 Sports-Related Phrases I'd be Happy Never to Hear Again
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by user I am a cpcp
There are a lot of sports cliches out there, but which are the worst? Here are my Top 10 sports phrases that I don't think should ever be uttered again. (Ok, so they might just be the 10 I thought of first, but whatever.)
10. Let's get ready to rumble. Not only has it been said a million times, but it's been said by the same guy in the same tone from the same Jock Jams CD.
9. Just win, baby. Yeah, you inspired this article. Just shut it, baby.
8. Upside. 'Nuff said, I think.
7. Cubs Win! 95% of the time this phrase is said when the Cubs aren't even involved. Will Ferrell did a semi-funny impression of Harry Carray and now we have to pay for it by hearing these two words said in terrible HC impressions.
6. Pluralizing singular names (see here)
5. (Tie) That's gotta hurt and He'll feel that one in the morning. There's got to be something new we can come up with when someone gets smacked.
4. Must Win - I think if the players really care and have their hearts in the game, every game should be considered "must win." Why play a professional sport if you're on in it to win it. (In it to win it is #11 by the way)
3. Clutch. It's an ugly sounding word for one. For two, I'm sick of hearing it all the time.
2. (Tie) Overrated and Underrated Not because they're bad terms, but because it's nearly impossible to listen to or participate in a sports coversation without at least one of them being uttered.
1. Shock the world. It's bad enough when every underdog team has two or three players that use it at the end of every season, but even the announcers of the Florida/Ohio State game were using it before the game. It's not shocking when there's a cliche attached to it.
