hypernegation in the (sports) news

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Looks like a blend: "I'm never not thinking about them" + "I've never stopped thinking about them."
----Gerald Cohen                                                                                                      ________________________________________
Original message from Laurence Horn, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:22 PM:
''I've never stopped not thinking about them,'' Ryan said. ''That's the team you have to beat to win our division. You always think about them.''
--New York Jets’ coach Rex Ryan on his obsession with the rival New England Patriots

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