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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

It's All Academic

What does it mean when sportscasters say that 'it's all academic' at the very end of a sports contest when the game is in fact nearly over?
  

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victo 'it's all academic There is no practical use for the information or advice. Since the game is over or almost so, suggestions for playing it differently now serve no purpose in this game.

— Mister Micawber

  • victo 'it's all academic There is no practical use for the information or advice.
  • Since the game is over or almost so, suggestions for playing it differently now serve no purpose in this game.
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victo'it's all academic
There is no practical use for the information or advice. Since the game is over or almost so, suggestions for playing it differently now serve no purpose in this game.
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