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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4391290, member: 9260"] i think that some of these terms become popular when introduced by well known broadcasters. dicky v is a fun and benign entertainer, and i believe he popularized that hokum 'principle of verticality' thing. what principle? that u shouldn't be fouled when jumping straight up? it has faded away, like the term 'carry' in on court pro ball, seemingly more used off court describing nba salaries - 'he's gonna need an armored truck to carry the loot away.' in the ol timey shows, u may hear 'jumpin jehosephat!' who is jehosephat, and why is he/she/they jumping? i'd like to think that i invented this one, highly appropriate now when analyzing a managers decision to walk judge, bases loaded or otherwise - 'better safe than sushi.' i do like the one 'great balls of fire!' appropo for soo many things, including that time i hit the restroom immediately after chopping up a bunch of jalapenos in the [I]scullery.[/I] [/QUOTE]