Word (Phrase?) of the Year (so far)?; Rambo'd

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Geoffrey Steven Nathan wrote:

> I guess I must live under a rock. This phrase is new to me this morning. Is it something I should worry about?

Only if you're signed by the 49ers and installed on the offensive line to block Ray Lewis in the Super Bowl on Sunday.

LH
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>> From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
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>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
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>>> One cannot turn a page of the sports section of the newspaper
>>> without
>>> seeing another mention of "Velvet antler spray", yet almost no one
>>> not
>>> using it would have heard of it on Jan 1.
>
>> Still out-googled by "deer antler spray" and "deer antler velvet
>> spray", both of which I've heard more often, but let's see which one
>> "wins" down the road.
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>> LH
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