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Originally Posted by Jamee999
I have a geeky question. Is it Thriftlon Reports as a noun - the Thriftlon Reports, or is as a verb, Thriftlon Reports! As in that Thriftlon is reporting. I read it as the latter, but I think it may be supposed to be the first  |
It was the original word used by Franklin P. Adams in the famous poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon". Adams was trying to portray the New York image as one of Scottish thrift - "ruthlessly pricking our thriftlon bubble" - but in the end it just didn't work out so he made up the word gonfalon instead.
Actually, it's a play on my screen name and the Athlon sports annuals series.