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Thanks for sharing; I feel the same way you do, and you've put in into words more succinctly that I could have. In the name of accuracy, I'd just like to point

by rpeden 10y ago

Thanks for sharing; I feel the same way you do, and you've put in into words more succinctly that I could have. In the name of accuracy, I'd just like to point out that the athlete was probably say he was "hoping to medal in the Olympics", i.e. he was using the verb form of medal. It might not be common to use it that way, but it's common enough that it probably doesn't count as jargon.

jimnotgym 10y ago
It was deliberate. I don't believe at the time there was a common verb form of medal in UK English (It was Matthew Pinsent UK rower educated at Eton and Oxford and therefore would likely have known this was not a plain English word and therefore industry jargon) (although there clearly now is a verb form, although it should be frowned upon IMHO). It was spoken, so I wrote it how I heard it (some years ago). Medal was not a verb, so he must have meant meddle!