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#1 2007-09-12 21:30:43

floating_stump
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From: Wisconsin
Registered: 2007-09-12
Posts: 2

power for the course

I used to know a guy who used several of the egg corns found here, but this was my favorite: “power for the course” rather than “par for the course.”

“This must have been quite time-consuming, but I was never charged any extra for it, and took it as power for the course.”
http://forums.abrsm.org/lofiversion/ind … 24782.html

“Its power for the course for the mainstream media, politicians and their lackeys to make a career out of criminalisation and scapegoating of minorities. In Ireland if a scapegoat is needed all too often Travellers are made to fit the bill.”
http://ie.indymedia.org/article/73543

“Mistakes have been made, u-turns, changes in names and concepts, but that is all power for the course.”
http://www.travel-dive.com/alan/

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#2 2007-09-13 10:08:10

JonW719
Eggcornista
From: Colorado
Registered: 2007-09-05
Posts: 285

Re: power for the course

I find it fascinating that the origin of a word picture is often lost over time (think of “like a broken record,” for example.) If someone doesn’t golf, why would they know “par for the course”? “Power for the course” sounds positive, though, while “par for the course” often carries a stoic resignation: “That’s just the way it is” or “that’s about as good as it could be under the circumstances.” So “power for the course” almost carries the opposite meaning.


Feeling quite combobulated.

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