I heard a basketball sports announcer the other night use "email" as a verb to describe a three-point shoot. Example: "Joe emailed that three!", meaning it was from further out than normal.We have...
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Quote:We have heard at least one more use of a communication word to mean something in boxing. Example: "Joe telegraphed that punch", meaning the punch came from far away, and the punchee could see it...
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not heard a lot, and maybe only in IT circles. Used to refer to a short call, email, InstantMessage to see if someone is there, or to remind them "I'll just ping xxxx to see if he is still working...
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"Dial eight"- meaning hitting a home run- means "long distance"- although almost all use cell phones now, one still in the US, dials (touches) the number 8 before making a long distance call from a...
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To "telegraph" a punch does not mean to hit from far away. Rather it means to make some obvious sign that a punch is coming--like pulling one's arm back before throwing the punch.The OED has it in the...
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Dave, does it stem from the idea of extended distance as with pulling one's arm back furthur than normal or from relayed visual signals of the obvious punch to come?Could ping (in relation to...
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well, not strictly nautical. More physics, but as it was intended for use at sea, maybe it counts.BTW, the origin of the computer "ping" is sometimes given as an acronym, 'P'acket 'IN'ternet 'G'roper....
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Steve G: I recall seeing that in a networking book I purchased several ago. In an industry of excessive acronyms and initialisms I guess someone felt they needed one more. I recall making a post about...
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Chris,the full story, if you haven't seen it before.ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.htmlTakes a while to respond.
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How about:to phone in a performance (discussed here several times)and(obscure techie lingo) moved to AtlantaAtlanta is area code 404, 404 is the http error code for a missing file, thus something that...
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"Telegraphing" a punch has nothing to do with distance. It's from the signaling aspect--and "telegraph" is used in other contexts besides boxing to mean to signal your intent to do something.A boxer...
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That is what I assumed, but if this forum has taught me anything it's that my etymological assumtions are often wrong.
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well, not strictly nautical. More physics, but as it was intended for use at sea, maybe it counts.I would have thought it strictly onomatopoeic.
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Quote:I do suspect that "ping" in computing is ultimately from sonar use in the navy, which dates to WWII. Mantle :-) Check out the link I posted. The creator of the PING utility makes it clear that...
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So, does "emailing a 3-point shot" mean that the shooter was so far out that he figuratively had to send it by email because it was almost too far to shoot it from that distance?Have I got it right?
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Upon further review, email is of a variant, perhaps coincidentally, of Chick Hearn's "airmail" for a long 3 pointer.Basketball, possibly because of it being so entwined with "urban America ,"...
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Quote:An improved version of this [semaphore telegraph], including discs and shutters as well as arms, was used in Britain during the Napoleonic Wars to create a near-instant military and naval...
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