Call the flag!

My wife was watching the Super Bowl, and shouted this one out after a play. We both realized she had mashed “throw the flag” and “call the foul”, both meaning to ask the referees to penalize a team. A big thanks to Elaine Hatfield for unintentionally saying this congruent conflation.



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