Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1660arrow-down1imageTIL that reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the U.S.lemmy.imagisphe.reWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square197linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoDime is a pretty common word among basketball commentators and fans. It means assist! A point guard who’s dropping dimes all over the place is playing really well and helping facilitate the team’s scoring.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoYes but I feel like nobody would miss that word if coinage now said “10 ¢” instead (or 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 because numerals are hard). Saying “it’s a dime” is shorter, sure, but that can’t be said about almost anything nowadays.
Dime is a pretty common word among basketball commentators and fans. It means assist!
A point guard who’s dropping dimes all over the place is playing really well and helping facilitate the team’s scoring.
Yes but I feel like nobody would miss that word if coinage now said “10 ¢” instead (or 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 because numerals are hard). Saying “it’s a dime” is shorter, sure, but that can’t be said about almost anything nowadays.