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I’m not a poor loser

Posted: January 15, 2020 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , |Leave a comment

Yours truly uttered this one in a conversation about a current losing streak in trivia.  It is a congruent conflation of “sore loser” and “poor sport”, both describing a person who reacts negatively in a competition.  “Poor” and “sore” are similar sounding words, contributing to the mashup.  A big thanks to Elaine Hatfield for calling me out on this one.

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