Odd hyphenations

[Laurence Horn]

On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> Hyphenations seen today in the Boston Globe Sports section:
>
> de-ked -- to take off one canvas shoe?  (In reality, how Clint
> Dempsey maneuvered to score his goal for the U.S. in the World Cup.)
>

A clever pun; Dempsey faked the Ghanaian defenders out of their (vintage American-made) cleats.
(http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1950S-US-PRO-KEDS-CLEATS-/281327371389)

LH

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