Definition of our VP of Football Operations

I ran into this word earlier today. I found an uncanny resemblence in the derivation of this word and a person in our front office. See if you can spot it.

This certainly explains a lot. Lets hope that there are no quacks to influence our selection come draft day.


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American Heritage Dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/ahd4.html) - Cite This Source (http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=charlatans&ia=ahd4)
char·la·tan http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif (https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fbrowse%2 Fcharlatans) (shär'lə-tən) Pronunciation Key (http://cache.lexico.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html)
n. A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]

char'la·tan'ic (-tān'ĭk), char'la·tan'i·cal adj., char'la·tan·ism, char'la·tan·ry n.

what??

:confused: :confused: :confused:

WTF?

Dude, what in the world are you talkin about?

I think he is referring to "the city of Cerreto, once famous for for its quacks."


[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]

[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]

char'la·tan'ic (-tān'ĭk), char'la·tan'i·cal adj., char'la·tan·ism, char'la·tan·ry n.[/quote]

Oh it all makes sense now, now I understand why Vinny sucks so hard. Thank you American Heritage Dictionary for making my day!

Great idea Skinny Tee. Poor execution.

damn, digging really deep here

You're right...that was poorly executed. I suck...I'm not good at the delivery.

Cerrato last name was supposed to be the derivation of the Italian city where quacks are known to come from, thus calling Vinny a quack...I'm a quack...I suck at teasing the delivery because it got all confused.


Sorry for wasting your guys time. I'll try to just deliver the punch instead of teasing it...damn, I suck!

'A' for effort Skinny Tee.

Practice up, watch some film, and you'll be a player in no time!