{"id":12095,"date":"2015-09-25T17:02:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/?p=12095"},"modified":"2021-12-11T09:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:14:02","slug":"u-blew-it-other-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/u-blew-it-other-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"u blew it! &#038; other vocabulary from iowa&#8217;s wild, walk-off win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>last saturday night my <em><strong>alma mater<\/strong><\/em> (where i went to college), the <strong>university of iowa hawkeyes<\/strong> defeated\u00a0the university of <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">pittsburgh panthers<\/span><\/strong> in fantastic fashion. \u00a0the football victory is the subject of the most recent vlog on the <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"blew it (english practice from iowa vs pitt)\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0onKGL9YyDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>blew it<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(irregular past tense of <em>blow it<\/em>) is the most memorable lesson from the vid, inspired by pitt&#8217;s kicker <strong>chris blewitt<\/strong>. \u00a0like the vid explains,\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">blewitt<\/span><\/strong> is a difficult name for a kicker to live with. \u00a0<em>u blew it<\/em> is one of the most common fan responses\u00a0when a kicker misses a <em>field goal.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4449\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chris-blewitt-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"chris blewitt, kicker for the pitt panthers\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chris-blewitt-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chris-blewitt.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chris-blewitt-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>chris blewitt, pittsburgh&#8217;s kicker<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>a <strong><em>field goal<\/em><\/strong> is <em>a scoring play worth three points<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/missed-field-goal.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1782\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/missed-field-goal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a missed <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">field goal<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>this clip from the movie <em><strong>copland<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is another vivid\u00a0example of <em>blew it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>sylvester stallone<\/strong> is a cop in the ficitional town of\u00a0garrison,\u00a0new jersey, right across the hudson river from new york city. <strong>robert deniro<\/strong> is an internal affairs cop for the nypd who\u00a0asks\u00a0stallone for info about corrupt activity by new york city cops who live in garrison.\u00a0 stallone is slow to provide the information. \u00a0an angry deniro tells him\u00a0that the investigation has been shut down, and that he&#8217;s missed his opportunity i.e. he <em>blew it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew it! :-{(\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqPRwq3QJsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the vlog observes that blewitt has <em>undoubtedly<\/em> been <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/knockdowns-knockouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocked<\/a><\/strong> several times over his last name. <em><strong>undoubtedly<\/strong><\/em> means <em>without a doubt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/koehn-walkoff-vs-blew-it.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1763\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/koehn-walkoff-vs-blew-it-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"koehn walkoff vs blew it\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/koehn-walkoff-vs-blew-it-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/koehn-walkoff-vs-blew-it-1024x819.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>hawkeye kicker marshall koehn clinched the victory with a 57-yard <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">walk-off<\/span> field goal<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em><strong>none other than<\/strong><\/em> is used to emphasize the surprise of an identity. in this case, pittsburgh&#8217;s blewitt is the subject of the video, but iowa&#8217;s kicker <strong>marshall koehn<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/shoulda-woulda-coulda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended up<\/a> being the hero of the game.<\/p>\n<p>koehn made a 57-yard field goal on the last\u00a0play of the game to <em><strong>clinch<\/strong><\/em> (guarantee)\u00a0the win\u00a0for the hawkeyes. when a game is decided on its\u00a0final play, the play\u00a0is referred to as a <em><strong>walk-off<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0the game-winner koehn hit\u00a0was 1 yard <em>shy<\/em> of a university of iowa record. \u00a0<em><strong>shy<\/strong><\/em> in this context means <em>short<\/em>. the school record is 58 yards.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bee-swarm-blew-it.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1765 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bee-swarm-blew-it-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"bee swarm blew it\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bee-swarm-blew-it-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bee-swarm-blew-it.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/hawkeye-swarm-blew-it.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1766\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/hawkeye-swarm-blew-it-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"hawkeye swarm blew it\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/hawkeye-swarm-blew-it-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/hawkeye-swarm-blew-it.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">swarm<\/span> of bees\u00a0&amp; a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">swarm<\/span> of hawkeyes<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>and<em><strong> swarm<\/strong><\/em> means <em>a dense group<\/em> or <em>crowd<\/em>. \u00a0it is a tradition at iowa that the players enter and exit the field together as a team, resembling a <em>swarm<\/em> of bees.<\/p>\n<p>do u know other names in english that are <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/hunger-games-cool-vocab-from-mockingjay-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>ruthlessly<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (brutally) mocked? \u00a0can u give a good example of <em>blew it<\/em>? \u00a0share your ideas under <strong>leave a reply\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>last saturday night my alma mater (where i went to college), the university of iowa hawkeyes defeated\u00a0the university of pittsburgh panthers in fantastic fashion. \u00a0the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,787,30,19],"tags":[799,790,109,794,796,789,8,9,11,10,791,788,793,232,792,1885,797,798,4090,800,3488,795],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/koehn-walkoff-vs-blew-it.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12099,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12095\/revisions\/12099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}