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"X Strikes Out ..." is a terrible headline format, since "strikes out" means either to soundly fail or to optimistically begin a venture. Boo.
by oxryly1 10y ago
"X Strikes Out ..." is a terrible headline format, since "strikes out" means either to soundly fail or to optimistically begin a venture. Boo.
- Apocryphon 10y agoSounds like a phrase that's blowing up.
- pessimizer 10y agoI'm pretty sure "to strike out on one's own" is an older phrase than the sports analogy.
- eggdude 10y agoGiven the context ("on Its Own") is doesn't seem very ambiguous.
- oxryly1 10y agoI read it also as "real estate tried the stock market by itself and failed." But yes, the phrase "strike out on your own" does hang together a bit.