Short items of little import . . .
Either way, Boylen said practice got “very, very competitive” — code for chippy. At one point, Boylen had to send Lopez out of the gym for close to 10 minutes to cool down after a run-in with guard Kris Dunn.
Wait. Perfectly usable phrase requires de-coding by use of multi-meaning word that to some readers calls for its own de-coding.
To some. Happens all the time. There’s jargon for every field. Technical terms in some fields, lingo in others.
You gotta know the lingo to catch the drift. Follow?
Just sayin’.
Blithe Spirit 