Also apt? SPURN is related to SPUR.
My latest blog post was brought to you by a killer (and timely) pun from Shakespeare's 'Comedy of Errors':
Am I so round with you as you with me,
That like a football you do spurn me thus?
John Kelly
The earliest known record of KICK is from ~1380 in a phrase used by John Wycliffe: "to kick against the spur."
You might know that idiom today as TO KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS. Feels apt for the NBA Finals. š
But wait: 'KICK' IS ONLY FIRST RECORDED IN 1380?!
mashedradish.com/2026/06/12/s...
There is a lot of interesting etymology afoot thanks to sports in summer 2026. Plus, the word ākickā is younger than you think.
