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RE: The Sports ‘Upset’ Did Not Begin with Man o’ War

in #etymology5 years ago

When I first saw 'man o war', my mind was shifted to a particular paramilitary in my country named after the phrase until I saw 'upset' which made it more complicated. But I got to understand the term reading the while content. Though, I never knew upset was being derived or stem from sport in the first instance but thanks to you, I got to know more.

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There's also a jellyfish called a man o' war.