This brings up another pet peeve of mine, which I see all the time nowadays -- so frequently, I'm starting to doubt my own sanity. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't it actually improper to say someone needs to "get untracked"? Shouldn't it really be "on track"? Untracked implies the same as derailed, if you take it literally, i.e., off the tracks. I know people are meaning it as "get unstuck" but it just seems like it's wrong.
In his last game, about a week ago, he was 2 for 5, scored 3 runs and hit his first HR of the season. He probably thought he had just gotten back "on track". Little did he know he was done in Detroit.
2 - Maybe, "in a rut" makes more sense as a way to say that, though. But I'm sure that's what it means. I suppose I should just get off this track and give it up.
Is having something go downhill a good thing or a bad thing? "And from there, it was downhill all the way," seems good, there was nothing stopping you. But then, if you said, something "went downhill fast," that sounds bad.
Next up: anxious vs. eager.
- Irregardless: it is either irrespective, or regardless. Those saying "irregardless" are naively (or ironically) combining these two other words.
- Buy Off: you can obtain a person's buy-in, or you can have that person sign-of. Again, those saying "buy off" are naively (or lazily) combining these two phrases.
Likewise, "untracked" seems to be a combination, a made up expression, irrespective of what Merriam-Webster's on-line says.
Yellow alert - Player needs triple for cycle
Orange alert - Player needs double for cycle
Red alert - Player need single for cycle
If a player needs a home run for the cycle, the level of the alert varies depending upon the determination of the Cycle Detection Warning System, which is headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.
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Not as wrong as a phantom contusion, though.
Untrack
Function:
transitive verb
Date:
1939
: to cause to escape from a slump
Seems it's pretty much a sports-only usage.
More here:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002148.html
That said, as an editor, I've always replaced that use of "untracked" with "on track," even in a sports context.
Next up: anxious vs. eager.
Free Marcus Thames.
- Irregardless: it is either irrespective, or regardless. Those saying "irregardless" are naively (or ironically) combining these two other words.
- Buy Off: you can obtain a person's buy-in, or you can have that person sign-of. Again, those saying "buy off" are naively (or lazily) combining these two phrases.
Likewise, "untracked" seems to be a combination, a made up expression, irrespective of what Merriam-Webster's on-line says.
I twitch the same way whenever irregardless or irrespective is used. Just can't help it.
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