taint
- To affect with or as if with a disease.
- To affect with decay or putrefaction; spoil. See synonyms at contaminate.
- To corrupt morally.
- To affect with a tinge of something reprehensible.
The word taint seems to be everywhere in sports these days. You have players saying that Bonds’ run at Aaron is tainted, the ridiculous blackmail and child abuse soap opera that is the Landis trial, and even ESPN, that bastion of sports news, is raising eyebrows over how they try and win scoops.
sigh.
So for today’s YouTube Tuesday, we’re going old school. We’re going pure. We’re going 8-bit. (via)