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So, something I've noticed over the past couple years, mostly from hockey writers, is the use of the term "selling out". As in, "that defenseman was really selling out and blocking every shot he could". This is bugging the fuck out of me. "Selling out" has never been a positive in spoken usage, in my experience. You know, various bands would "sell out" because they wanted to sell more records, etc (see Tool's Hooker With A Penis). It's really fucking annoying. Example here:http://oilersnation.com/2016/6/14/20...ack-round-four
Same goes with various usages of "track(ed)". In the past, if you went off the tracks/rails, that was a bad thing. "God did I ever get drunk last night; shit went totally off the rails/track". Trains are supposed to stay on the tracks! But now, I often see writers saying that a guy or team coming out of a slump by scoring a couple goals has "gotten untracked". What the fuck does that even mean? Example in the headline here, and they even use the opposite usage in the next fucking line:San Jose hope to get untracked back home in Shark Tank - Ice Hockey - Eurosport
That just doesn't make any sense to me.Carolina was selling out, so Cam Ward was less busy than he should have been.
Same goes with various usages of "track(ed)". In the past, if you went off the tracks/rails, that was a bad thing. "God did I ever get drunk last night; shit went totally off the rails/track". Trains are supposed to stay on the tracks! But now, I often see writers saying that a guy or team coming out of a slump by scoring a couple goals has "gotten untracked". What the fuck does that even mean? Example in the headline here, and they even use the opposite usage in the next fucking line:San Jose hope to get untracked back home in Shark Tank - Ice Hockey - Eurosport
Anyone notice these at all? Or is it just my OCD flaring up?San Jose hope to get untracked back home in Shark Tank
With the Penguins sweeping the opening two games of the best-of-seven on their home ice, the Sharks need to snap into focus at the SAP Center to get back on track in their first ever appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals.