"Tebow time"

[Laurence Horn]

On Oct 9, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> One could play with "manning up" in "Manning time".
>
> But you can all discern that I'm a Giants fan, not a Jets fan.
>
> Joel

Or if one *were* a Jets fan, one could speak of the current plan as Mark-ing time.

LH
>
> At 10/9/2012 01:19 PM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>> Perhaps a kind of play on the phrase "tee time"?
>>
>> I remember when I first heard that  term:  My father-in-law, a
>> skilled and avid golfer, was on the phone arranging a get-together
>> with some of his buddies, and I overheard him discussing a "tee
>> time."  I envisioned him gathering with his friends for a manly cup
>> of tea . . . .
>>
>> --Charlie
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>> On Oct 9, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>> > At 10/9/2012 11:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> >> Maybe it *is* time for them to pray.
>> >>
>> >> JL
>> >
>> > I wondered also.  But the article quotes SNL's Seth Meyers as saying
>> > "Is there anything more exciting than Joe Biden thinking it's up to
>> > him to get the lead back? It's Tebow time!"  I don't get especially
>> > excited by prayer.
>> >
>> > But why isn't it "(Eli) Manning time", considering his 4th-quarter
>> > successes in 2011, and a better ultimate outcome?
>>
>> For one thing, no alliteration.
>>
>> LH
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Laurence Horn
>> <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>> >> > Subject:      Re: "Tebow time"
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>> >> > On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > A headline on this morning's Yahoo News trumpets, "It's Tebow time for
>> >> > Biden and Ryan: How the VP debate could change the end game."
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I wonder what percentage of viewers/readers of that headline are
>> >> > expected to grasp the meaning of "Tebow time"?  (The article doesn't
>> >> > explain it.)
>> >> > >
>> >> > Probably a lot of viewers/readers interpret it to mean "time to pray"
>> >> > rather than "time to come up with the big play".
>> >> >
>> >> > LH
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