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Sapakoff: ‘Clemsoning’ has hidden benefits, victims beyond Clemson

Children in some South Carolina households quickly learn that “Clemsoning” killed Goliath.

Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush hope to avoid it.

Have you watched the consistently “Clemsoning” Atlanta Braves attempt to play something resembling baseball lately?

“Clemsoning” is so appropriate, so misunderstood.

Flexible, too.

South Carolina kicks off the college football season Thursday night against North Carolina in Charlotte, and absolutely must avoid a “Clemsoning” performance like the opening stumble against Texas A&M that haunted the Gamecocks throughout 2014.

Since the Urban Dictionary added “Clemsoning” in 2012 — “The act of delivering an inexplicably disappointing performance, usually within the context of a college football season” — Clemson has gone 22-7.