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To: gondramB

Wrestling? Just curious, what’s the connection? — other than getting Pelosi in a headlock and making her eat the 1000 ‘stimulus’ bill page by page? ;-)


29 posted on 02/14/2009 12:51:34 PM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Loyal Buckeye
>>Wrestling? Just curious, what’s the connection? — other than getting Pelosi in a headlock and making her eat the 1000 ‘stimulus’ bill page by page? ;-)<<

I had only heard the term "jobbed" in a professional wrestling context.

Job (professional wrestling)

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In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match.[1] It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect kayfabe. As professional wrestling is scripted, inevitably a wrestler will be required to lose to an opponent.[2]

The term can be used a number of ways. When a wrestler is booked, or scripted, to lose a match it is described as "a job." The act itself is described with the verb jobbing. To lose a match fairly is to job cleanly.[2] A loss through outside interference, cheating, or a reversed decision is called a screwjob. Wrestlers who routinely lose matches are known as jobbers.


31 posted on 02/14/2009 1:12:14 PM PST by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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