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Wooden Spoon

In Cantabrigian tradition, a wooden spoon was jokingly awarded to low achievers in mathematics. That practice later extended to other types of competitions. It’s also key to a heartwarming story about a charitable organization that arose from...

Kick into Touch

In rugby and soccer to kick into touch means to “kick a ball out of play.” The phrase by extension is used in British English mean to “take some kind of action so that a decision is postponed” or otherwise get rid of a...

Origin of Touchdown

A rugby referee from Indiana calls to ask if his sport is the origin of the word touchdown as it is used in American football. This is part of a complete episode.

sea-gull

sea-gull  v.— «The rest were monumentally unremarkable and it could well be held that the back row contributed to the demise of their front five by seagulling around the fringes of the scrum, instead of staying down and shoving hard...