Gary Carter‘s skills apparently extended beyond the baseball diamond.
The 11-time All-Star, who was best known for his youthful demeanor and helping the Mets to their 1986 World Series title, also made a point not to curse throughout his career, a tendency that set him apart from his foul-mouthed sports colleagues.
That peculiarity seems to have added a new wrinkle to the legend of Carter, who died in February.
Carter is the first known person to use the term “F-bomb,” Merriam-Webster associate editor Kory Stamper says, according to The Associated Press. Carter first dropped the euphemism in a Newsday story in 1988.
The term, which was popularized in the 1990s, has now been added to the official print version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Now, that’s writing your name in the record books.
Photo via Facebook/Gary Carter
