I may not know much about sports but I know enough to have recognized unfortunate wording when I hear it. Case in point: the morning DJ guy commented yesterday that NASCAR driver person Jeff Gordon, apparently on a winning streak, was "on fire."
Things I Didn't Necessarily Need To Hear, Episode 649
I was joined in my post-lunch elevator ride back to the office by two Arlington County police officers and the rent-a-cop who is usually stationed at the guards desk by the main entrance. No one had their weapon drawn and all seemed pretty calm so I mused aloud, "I have never felt safer riding in an elevator, ever." Chuckles all around, then one of the Arlington cops said to her partner, a strapping young man a few heads taller than me, "she obviously doesn't know you."
We arrived at my floor just then so I never got to learn what their mission was in the building. Nonetheless, I guess I found out the painless way which one was the designated Bad Cop.