"Tebowing, v., "to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different."
That's not my definition. That comes from Tebowing.com, which ought to know, right? Regardless of what you may think, the "Tim Tebow Phenomena" is on the edge of exploding, especially if he does something magical in Denver on Sunday against the Detroit Lions.
And "Tebowing" has already exploded as you can easily find Internet photos of folks Tebowing at work, on bridges, in airplanes and, yes, even in church, although then it still looks a lot like old-fashioned praying.
How big could it get? It may be as popular as last year's "refudiate," Sarah Palin's unique word that was part "refute" and part "repudiate." But "Tebowing" is all Tebow.
Perhaps it will lead the sporting world into its own off-shoot of "planking," where this all began. Maybe we should create a sports lexicon of verbs that are derived from famous names. A few suggestions:
• "Ruthing," v. "to suddenly step to the side and point into the distance as if indicating where you are about to hit a baseball even if no baseball is present."
• "LeBroning," v. "to abruptly turn away and begin walking south without so much as a goodbye."
Got some of your own?
While our host of literary chefs put the finishing touches on the main dishes in the Halloween Brunch, a few more appetizers:
• After ending the Red Sox Curse, if Theo Epstein can do the same for the Cubbies he will be a lock for President of the United States (or at least Mayor of Chicago.)
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