Grammar Girl #658. 'Wage' and 'Wager.' Why 'Punting' Means Giving Up.

It's the Super Bowl episode! We investigate why "wager" is related to "wed" and "mortgage," and we talk about why we call giving up "punting" and why it's a "muff" when a player deflects the ball in a certain way.

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