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Originally Posted by Afterlife
So they've started calling his finisher "Paydirt". What the fuck?
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According to "Words and Phrase Origins: 3rd Edition" the term
paydirt has the following origin...
"One authority traces the expression to the Chinese
pei (to give) and used by Chinese miners in California,
pay dirt thus meaning 'dirt that gives gold.' However, it more likley derives from the fact that it is dirt containing enough gold dust to pay for working it. The expression is first recorded in 1856."
Thus having someone who's nickname is "The Gold Standard" and his finisher being called "paydirt" is actually quite clever and not really "what the fuck" worthy.