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Michigan football adopted a new mantra 'bet' following Jim Harbaugh's suspension. Here's what it means to the Wolverines.
The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
Box: Betting term denoting an exotic combination bet whereby all possible numeric outcomes are covered. [2] Box seat: A position in a race which is one horse off the fence and one horse behind the leaders. Bridle: A piece of equipment, usually made of leather or nylon, which fits on a horse's head and includes a bit and the reins. [1] Br.
An "underdog bet" is a bet on the underdog or outsider for which the odds are generally higher. The first recorded uses of the term occurred in the second half of the 19th century; [2] [3] its first meaning was "the beaten dog in a fight". [4] In British and American culture, underdogs are highly regarded.
Nearly 3 in 5 surveyed parents said they keep up with modern slang to better connect with their teens.
We explain everything you need to know about the common football betting acronym BTTS in our beginner’s guide
Handicapping also refers to the various methods by which spectators can predict and quantify the results of a sporting match. The term is applied to the practice of predicting the result of a competition, such as for purposes of betting against the point spread. A favored team that wins by less than the point spread still wins the game, but ...
The term began as horse racing parlance for a race horse that is unknown to gamblers and thus difficult to establish betting odds for. The first known mention of the concept is in Benjamin Disraeli's novel The Young Duke (1831). Disraeli's protagonist, the Duke of St. James, attends a horse race with a surprise finish: "A dark horse which had ...