The Open Run With Will Strickland
Episode 189 – Blackronyms
“IBYAYABM!”
Meaning?
“I’ve Been Your Age… You Ain’t Never Been Mine!”
One could lose count of exactly how many times this phrase, and other variations, have been uttered to a someone who’d violated the sanctity of an child-to-adult family interaction.
SOGFB.
Coded language as a means of survival was a necessity for a group of people forcibly brought to North America for the function of serving as unpaid labour for 500-plus years.
Going from their own languages and dialects to learning to speak The King En-A-Lish was a thing… until it wasn’t.
Words have Meanings… and these Meaning for Mentalities.
In a world full of binary extremes, terms like “classic” and “love” are worn out unnecessarily.
On this episode, we find a classic love story, wrapped up in This Thing Of Ours called Basketball as Wall $t. talks hoop life, family, fight, faith and fun with Canada Basketball veterans and happily married couple Alex “Superman” Johnson and his wife, Brey.
WNBA playoffs, navigating live with cancer and a young child, potential resentment, Olympic bids and a mother’s love for a new Naismith Memorial Basketball Of Fame entrant get covered as well!
YOLO!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Red Mamba, “The Peculiar Institution”, Raven Symone, FiF, German National, stability, James Wiseman, The Victory Shake, North Carolina Pro-Am, underwriting, Harry Potter, “Phee’nds”, universal health care, Pig Latin, Candace Parker, progeny, Nav Bhatia, “rizz”, The Cheesecake Factory, Sabrina Ionescu, OTG, Genesis, Manny “Move The Crowd” Campbell, Sesame Street, joy, The Big 3, bible study, Bill Laimbeer, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
Do What’s Popular With The Population!
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