"track record"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Ubiquitous indeed.  I can't remember the last time a TV news individual said
"record" when he could say 'track record."

Sports-related metaphors are more frequent than ever. Cf. last week's post
about "pregame speculation" before the G-20 summit.

JL

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> The figurative use of the phrase "track record" is certainly not new (the
> OED shows it from 1965).  Nor would it be noteworthy, except that it is
> becoming increasing ubiquitous, or so it seems to me--even in cases where
> simply "record" would suffice.
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