Timeline for Why does "sucker" mean "unexpected" in "Sucker Punch"?
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| Aug 1, 2011 at 13:03 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @Tom Au - IMHO the person responsible for popularizing something generally deserves the accolades traditionally given them. I do not agree with the modern mania for trying to find the absolute first use, no matter how obscure. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 12:48 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 1, 2011 at 12:43 | comment | added | Tom Au | Dempsey may not have coined the term, but he popularized it. That's why it is associated with him. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 10:12 | comment | added | Nicholas | There's no evidence that Dempsey coined it; he just offered an early definition of the term. Indeed, your ringsidebygus.com quotation states that the term dates to 1947, but the Dempsey quotation comes from his book Championship Fighting, which was published in 1950. | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 9:22 | history | answered | Thursagen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |