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It ain't over till the fat lady sings, the Glossary

"It ain't over till (or until) the fat lady sings" is a colloquialism which is often used as a proverb.^[1]

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Brunhild

Brunhild, also known as Brunhilda or Brynhild (Brynhildr, Brünhilt, Modern German or Brünhilde), is a female character from Germanic heroic legend.

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Colloquialism

Colloquialism (also called colloquial language, everyday language, or general parlance) is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication.

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Dan Cook

Daniel John Cook Jr. (August 12, 1926 – July 3, 2008) was a sports writer for the San Antonio Express-News for 51 years.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.

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Fred R. Shapiro

Fred Richard Shapiro is an American legal scholar and academic working as the editor of The Yale Book of Quotations, The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, and several other books.

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Götterdämmerung

(Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four epic music dramas titled Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung, or The Ring Cycle or The Ring for short).

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Giovanni Trapattoni (born 17 March 1939), sometimes popularly known as Trap or Il Trap, is an Italian football manager and former player, considered the most successful club coach of Italian football.

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Houston Astros

The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Out (baseball)

In baseball, an out occurs when the umpire rules a batter or baserunner out.

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Proverb

A proverb (from proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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San Antonio Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio.

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Southwest Conference

The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996.

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Sport

Sport is a form of physical activity or game.

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Texas A&M Aggies

The Texas A&M Aggies are the students, graduates, and sports teams of Texas A&M University.

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Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Texas Tech Red Raiders

The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas.

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Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas.

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The Dallas Morning News

The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation in 2022 of 65,369.

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The milkmaid and her pail

The Milkmaid and Her Pail is a folktale of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 1430 about interrupted daydreams of wealth and fame.

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The Yale Book of Quotations

The Yale Book of Quotations is a quotations collection focusing on modern and American quotations.

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Valkyrie

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from chooser of the slain) is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla.

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Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company founded in Washington, D.C. with operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference.

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Yogi Berra

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (born Lorenzo Pietro Berra; May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach.

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1978 NBA playoffs

The 1978 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1977-78 season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain't_over_till_the_fat_lady_sings

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