HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy do sports have different names for their arbitrating officials?message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy do sports have different names for their arbitrating officials?HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey’re jargon and they developed independently… sports jargon has a strong continuation pressure because there’s a lot of esoteric knowledge and an in crowd that wants you to know they’re inside the bubble.
minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago inside the bubble. Hence the term: inside baseball.
They’re jargon and they developed independently… sports jargon has a strong continuation pressure because there’s a lot of esoteric knowledge and an in crowd that wants you to know they’re inside the bubble.
Hence the term: inside baseball.