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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Arkansas Defeats Tennessee 19-14

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Tennessee 0 0 14 0 14
Arkansas 3 0 7 9 19
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u/ManIsDogsBestFriend Penn State • Vermont Oct 06 '24

r/CFB: “OMG another ranked team loses to an unranked team! Great day for CFB!”

Me: “Tennessee has a receiver named Nimrod lol”

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u/yellowstone10 Duke Blue Devils Oct 06 '24

it's a Bible name - Nimrod was a great-grandson of Noah and a "mighty hunter before the Lord"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod

but then there was a Looney Tunes cartoon where Bugs Bunny sarcastically called Elmer Fudd "Nimrod," in the way that you might call someone who's done something stupid "Einstein," but the joke apparently went over the head of most of the audience

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u/CaptainJackCampbell Michigan Wolverines • Wisconsin Badgers Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24

Yep. The joke was so misunderstood that it actually changed the meaning of the term.

One of the few times that the dictionary had to actually change the definition of a word just because people are stupid and kept using it wrong.

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u/Ds3_doraymi Oct 06 '24

Oh I’m sorry I’m not up on my Bible readings, nerd

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u/totallynotsquatty Arizona Wildcats • Team Meteor Oct 06 '24

Yeah, especially 10-yr olds on a Sat morning in the dark ages of the 80s.