‘Velo’: In Cycling or Baseball, a Trendy Term for Speed

Linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer analyzes the origins of words in the news. Read previous columns here. On a recent Major League Baseball pregame show for the Los Angeles Angels, announcers Kent French and Bobby Valentine were marveling at the performance of Angels slugger Mike Trout in the…

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