Becno language lab 2020:”get your game on!”

 Phrase: “Get Your Game On!”

Pronunciation: ˈɡɛt jɔr ˈɡeɪm ˈɔn.

Usage

My phrase “Get Your Game On!” is used to associate a certain card games show from the year 2004. The phrase is specifically used by people before they engage in a competitive event. For example, competitive events, such as sports and physical activities, have used the phrase since centuries ago. So, the phrase usually expresses general enthusiasm before getting ready for a challenge.

Here’s an scene of how the phrase is used: Two teenagers are getting ready to face each other for who is going to participate in the inter-school competition. Both young people have prepared  to face each other ever since they met on the admission exam; however, one of the competitors already worked on strategy to defeat his opponent in a children’s card game. As they approached face to face, the boy with red jacket shouted to his opponent, “I hope the best wins. Now, Get Your Game On!” with a vigorous voice.

Influence

When looking at the etymology of the word “Game,” this word was first recorded in the year 1000 CE in Old English and it refers to, “sports and amusements.” Interestingly enough, this definition of the word “game” has remained the same (but now also includes video games). On top of that, the hobby/sport of darts first used the phrase “Game on,” as a slang for starting a round of plays. Overall, the phrase across its history has carried a positive, friendly, and often competitive expression.

Fun Fact

“Game” has it’s origins in the German “gaman,” meaning sports. Also, the word was used to describe “lame” — along with other slang words before our time period. Finally, another usage of the word game was used in 17th century Rooster Fights.

Get came from the Proto-German word of geten, meaning “to seize.” Weirdly enough, Europeans from the early 14th century used the word to refer offspring or child. And, this word was used exclusively in compounds in the tongues of Old English and Dutch.