Genesis of a Verb

by Will on February 9, 2010

How “to podium” entered our Olympic lexicon.

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1 Rufus F. February 9, 2010 at 9:02 pm: That’s a somewhat uncomfortable neologism, but surely no worse than using “podium” to mean “lectern”.

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