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Originally Posted by luvthegame
You can't be that "out of it" or ignorant as you say....
In the politically correct invironment we choose to be involved with..it is an extremely offensive term to some coaches and players. Maybe not to you....but to them!!
Just like "rubber" was...and is now refered to as pitchers plate or pitching plate...simple enough.
We can work the mens game and their political correctness (what they are offended by) is different than a female game and their political correctness (what they are offended by)..the question is... are either more correct than the other?
I agree with Rachel...it's inapropriate verbage in the female game.
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I had no idea what it meant until I googled it. But the meaning that disturbs some is endemic to a discrete linguistic and social subculture. And until the wider linguistic community socially ostracizes those who use the verb rim within its current and most understood etymological boundaries, I can only politely respond--take a hike.
In the context of softball, the context is absolutely clear and making the verb into a gerund is a function of our linguistic box. Language evolves and you ain't telling me what it means. No sexual context is implied. In my Alice in the Wonderland, the word means exactly what I say it does.