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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cagey #186758 09/09/2009 4:14 PM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Twentiethman stranger Twentiethman stranger Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 Today's word was cagey. Basketball players are often called cagers from the idea that a Basketball Court is often enclosed with a fence to facilitate the retrieval of the loose ball. Cagey then, carries the sense of an ability to move about freely in a confined and otherwise crowded place. maneuvering. Tricky. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cagey Twentiethman #186760 09/10/2009 1:00 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia doc_comfort addict doc_comfort addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Originally Posted By: Twentiethman Today's word was cagey. Basketball players are often called cagers from the idea that a Basketball Court is often enclosed with a fence to facilitate the retrieval of the loose ball. Cagey then, carries the sense of an ability to move about freely in a confined and otherwise crowded place. maneuvering. Tricky. Though I find the use of "cagers" interesting, I don't see any relationship to the subsequent definitions. Or is this an attepmt at hogwash? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cagey doc_comfort #186762 09/10/2009 1:57 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 hogmaster member hogmaster member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 I think the proffered explanation for cager is just a bad guess. see this def'n for cage, quoted from W3: 9 a : a movable screen placed behind home plate to stop baseballs during batting practice b : a goal structure consisting of goalposts or a goal frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey) c : a basketball basket thus, by extension, cager : a basketball player the hogmaster™ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cagey hogmaster #186773 09/10/2009 10:29 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The proffered explanation dates from the early days of Xtreme Basketball, when the two teams were locked in a cage and nobody got out alive except the MVP of the winning team. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cagey Faldage #186776 09/10/2009 1:08 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont you're roamin' a bit for that one, Fald... :¬ ) formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Cagey Buffalo Shrdlu #186787 09/11/2009 1:35 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Yeahbut (sigh, Mav) can he afford the extra charge? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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