# who coined the phrase: "coined the phrase"

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-coined-the-phrase-coined-the-phrase/122730
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 7, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-coined-the-phrase-coined-the-phrase/122730 "2002-08-07T07:28:11Z")
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### Author: ![funfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@funfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funfan)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-coined-the-phrase-coined-the-phrase/122730/1 "2002-08-07T07:28:11Z")

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With Chick Hearns passing, I have seen many many phrases that Chick pioneered. However, how did the phrase “coined the phrase start?”

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### Author: ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-coined-the-phrase-coined-the-phrase/122730/2 "2002-08-07T11:00:09Z")

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[who coined the phrase ‘coin a phrase’?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=123297)