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There is No Reason to Ever Say the Word “Resiliency” When Talking About Sports
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Saw this ESPN headline:
This is from a Drake London quote after the Falcons beat the Packers at Lambeau:
“He’s the definition of resiliency,” London said of (Michael Penix Jr.)
It’s not an ESPN writer picking the word “resiliency,” which should never be used when talking about sports, because it means the same exact thing as “resilience.”
Both words are in the dictionary. Resilience is defined by Merriam-Webster as “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” And when you move down the page and look at the word resiliency, the definition is “RESILIENCE.” You are saying the exact same thing while adding a fourth syllable. It’s pointless. It makes absolutely no sense. Every single time somebody speaks or writes a sentence with the word resiliency, it can be replaced with resilience and it means the same thing:
- Jalen Hurts showed resiliency in Tennessee / Jalen Hurts showed resilience in Tennessee
- Brian Dawkins’ best trait was his resiliency / Brian Dawkins’ best trait was his resilience
- It was the Sixers’ resiliency that helped them defeat the Celtics in the playoffs / It was the Sixers’ resilience that helped them defeat the Celtics in the playoffs
Thanks for listening. Now let’s get it back to the Eagles.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com