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Yips - Word of the Day - Sat Mar 13, 2021

Myr

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Yips - (noun) - a state of nervous tension affecting an athlete in the performance of a crucial action

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It is not uncommon for basketball players to get the yips while making free throws.

 

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Yips. That’s what I heard at 2 a.m. on December 20. Oh darn, there are coyotes - looked out the window and saw them running down the road - in the neighbourhood now. *sigh* 

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2 hours ago, Reader1810 said:

Yips. That’s what I heard at 2 a.m. on December 20. Oh darn, there are coyotes - looked out the window and saw them running down the road - in the neighbourhood now. *sigh* 

Not to be confused with yaps, which mean something entirely different in coyote talk. 😮

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