"Foreman Is No Slugger, But Is Cotto Now A Catcher?" WTF?!

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  1. Slothrop

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    Nice headline. Cotto's taken a couple beatings, but I doubt it turned him *****. Just saying.
     
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  2. Slothrop

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    Call him a pitcher then.
     
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  3. Nosbor

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    I went down that mental path when I read that headline, WTF!!! Perhaps the author is a Brit and not familiar with American slang.
     
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  4. Slothrop

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    That would be one of the few explanations. :lol:
     
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  5. boxer1025

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    Cotto pitches? he doesnt catch?? LOL
     
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  6. McGrain

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    That was me.

    Both words are part of forties boxing lexicon rather than American gay slang...which, yeah, I wasn't aware of.
     
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  7. Slothrop

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    Understand. Thanks for a good laugh.
     
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  8. McGrain

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    See what happens when you cross cultures?

    Ain't it grand?
     
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  9. Slothrop

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    Sure is. Nice article by the way though.
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Thanks. You're in part responsible, it was your thread that got me thinking/worrying about it. And there's the end product.
     
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  11. Boxed Ears

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    :lol: I assume you know "grand" is a slang American term for homosexual sex at an airport bathroom but in case you didn't...
     
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  12. McGrain

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    They got homosexual words for everything!
     
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  13. Boxed Ears

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    I was kidding, but you're still right, they do. I think it's insecurity.
     
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  14. des3995

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    You are forgiven sir. Nice fusking avatar.

    You have no idea what you just said in American, do you.
     
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  15. boxer1025

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    I remember hearing the "pitching", "catching" terms on the sopranos!! It was some funny stuff
     
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