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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 #213019 - 10/29/13 09:38 AM What does today's qoute mean?   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 What does this quote mean here? What is it talking about? I couldn't find the article online. Please help me. "And a couple of smellfungus from the Official Paper ... carped that Issel chose to jump when the schedule reached its toughest stretch." Paige Woody; Issel is the Wrong Scapegoat in Nuggets' Mess; Denver Post; Feb 13, 1995. #213020 - 10/29/13 12:39 PM Re: What does today's qoute mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Dan Issel was coach of the Denver Nuggets basketball team from 1992 to the 1994-95 season when he resigned. The Wiki on it is here. #213022 - 10/29/13 02:01 PM Re: What does today's qoute mean? [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 I see. But what is this schedule? What is "Official Paper?" And what is "jump" here? I don't understand what this sentence means here... #213026 - 10/29/13 04:17 PM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh No idea about Official Paper, but I'm pretty sure that "jump" here is short for "jump ship", an idiom for abandoning something when the going gets tough. Ceci n'est pas un seing. #213028 - 10/29/13 09:52 PM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: zmjezhd]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass the major paper in Denver is the Denver Post itself (see quote), so one (i.e., me) supposes it to be the Official Paper in question. #213029 - 10/29/13 10:01 PM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: tsuwm]   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 Thank you everyone. But this "smellfunguns" is uncountable here? Isn't it supposed to be "smellfungi?" #213031 - 10/29/13 10:11 PM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: tsuwm]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass the rest of that article appears to be equally opaque; to wit: The Nuggets' sheep should be led to Enos Slaughter. "I played every game like it would be my last," Slaughter once told me. The Nuggets played their last game as if it were their first - ever. Dan Issel, the erstwhile coach of the Nuggets, was saying the other day: "If the players want to blame me for that long string of losses, fine. But don't blame me for Golden State." Before recess, the Nuggets had naptime. They were drubbed at home by one of the worthless teams in [the league].. #213032 - 10/29/13 10:19 PM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,538 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: momi1234 Thank you everyone. But this "smellfunguns" is uncountable here? Isn't it supposed to be "smellfungi?" well, smellfungi has actually been used as the plural: Let the grumbling smellfungi..rail at the extravagance of the age. [1807] but this {grumbler, faultfinder} probly didn't bother to LIU, and rather than guess wrongly between smellfunguses and smellfungi just went with the sing. #213033 - 10/29/13 11:58 PM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 momi1234 stranger momi1234   stranger Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 12 I wish this site would include some context in the usage section as the more unfamiliar the word is, the more context is needed in general. #213034 - 10/30/13 12:09 AM Re: What does today's quote mean? [Re: momi1234]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What zmjezhd said about "jump" is correct. The "schedule" would be the game schedule that the Nuggets had in the NBA (National Basketball Association). Enos Slaughter was a baseball player in the late '30s through the '50s. I might also offer that the writer chose smellfungus because the fungus in question is not plural no matter how many folks were smelling it. I would also suggest that smellfungi and smellfungus(s)es would both (or even all three) be correct. 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