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campbellking | 23:27 Mon 16th Jan 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Not strictly speaking a quiz or a puzzle, but I know some of you are pretty hot on this subject, and I've been thinking it over during the week.


I was refereeing a foootballl match last week. One team played better in the first half, and the other team played better in the second half. The manager of the first team became frustrated and yelled at his players 'they've got the onus'. Can 'onus' be used in this context, or was it pure 'manager- speak'? (The game finished 0-0).

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Not heard the word in that context. It almost means the opposite of what the manager intended - his own team had the onus (burden) of getting back into the game at that stage
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Thanks dzug. Will put it down to the stress of the moment.

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