Originally Posted By: EmmetG
I don't understand how one of the quotes referring to a "gaffed quarter" relates to either the noun or the verb of the day. "Gaffed" in this case must mean something like "prepared for a trick or hoax," but that's just a guess. It's not quite consistent with the cited meanings of word.


one of the [noun] senses is 'gimmick or trick'; you can always verb a noun!
-ron o.