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Metaphor

Pre an Also-Ran

An apt use of racing terminology in an unrelated context: “An ‘also-ran’ is, literally, ‘a horse that does not win, place, or show in a race.’ The world loves an underdog but it never loves an also-ran. It forgets about an also-ran.”

Posted in Technology on May 28, 2009 / Tagged Language, Metaphor, Mobile, Racing Terminology