Yes, it seems that lately everybody and their brother is using the poker expression "All In". That seems kind of strange considering Black Friday. What is it America do you like poker or not?

Lately, I've been hearing the "All in" expression from Sunday Morning News shows to the afternoon Doctor shows to sports interviews. It has gotten to the point of being like the "on the same page" cliche of 15 years ago and the "that's awesome" phrase of 20 years ago. Come on America, if you are going to steal our "all in" wording at least support online poker.

Honestly, this is not new.

Oh, come on, the phrase (within mainstream culture) has increased exponentially in the last year. Certainly the last 2 years.

I'm not sure that it has.

And while the following term has been around a long time, I've also heard the term "keeping his cards close to his vest" more often lately than in the past.

Once again, if the mainstream is going to use our terminology to this increasing degree they shouldn't be hypocritical and look down upon poker and poker players.

Maybe you're just noticing it more often because of your recent activities, but it has been out there the whole time?

im not a native english speaker, but im pretty sure that phrase didnt originate in poker

Show your work (or, actually, this is NVG, so come up with some nonsensical, poorly worded argument lacking any substance to back up your claim).

Hint: you could start with Google Ngrams. I'm sure there are better resources out there to search text aggregates, but that's the first thing that comes to mind.

In New Yorker Magazine columnist Ian Crouch thought the phrase was relevant and newsworthy enough to write an article about it 6 months ago. Here is an excerpt from that article:

... {All In}gets tossed into headlines every time a politician decides to try to do something. In just the past year, President Obama has been said to have been all in on free trade, climate change, and criminal-justice reform. In April, the Washington Post reported that Hillary Clinton had gone “all-in on gay marriage.” In May, Clinton was, according to MSNBC, going “all in on immigration reform.” In July, Fusion said that Bernie Sanders was going “all-in on the $15 minimum wage.” A few weeks ago, Salon argued that Donald Trump had gone “all in on right’s latest insanity.” More recently, NBC News announced that Jeb Bush, true to his hashtag promise, was planning to go “all in against Donald Trump.”...

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...l-in-on-all-in

Unless hold'em was being played in 1890 I don't think so:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...all%E2%80%93in

Post like it's 2005.

I thought it originated in porn all this time

That link provides a strong counterargument

Pretty sure poker phrases have been appropriated by mainstream media since the dawn of time.

Yeah, but the expression "all in" had a different meaning back then, it meant tired or worn out. Today as it is used by the media it has more of the meaning poker gave it. The article I cited in post #9 by Ian Couch explained it this way:

"In American usage, the phrase “all in” began as a colloquial expression meaning to be in a bad spot—exhausted, worn out, and spent. In the game of poker, it refers to the moment when a player—whether out of bravado, recklessness, or desperation—bets all of his or her chips on a single hand."

Probably this. Also known as frequency illusion or Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

Maybe this phrase has become more widespread in the last few years, but it has long been a part of pop culture.

Esports broadcasters use the poker versions of "all in", "tilt", and "read" all the time.

Grunching.

No.

live poker is legal in American casino's and people playing online poker don't type all in in the chat feature before committing all their chips into the pot so your reference to black Friday having any relevance to your point is pathetic.

OP has black Friday issues

Yup.

When I first saw the thread title, I actually assumed someone had bumped a 10 year old thread.

Don't forget their obsession about 'Meta'

Whether or not the American value system "accept poker" or not has little to do with whether they use their jargon. The popularity of a particular phrase is all to do with how apt it is for the current situation

Poker jargon is at times brilliant in this regard. Tilted/tilting is amazing. I think "bricking/bricks/bricked" will catch on to be used in non poker situations. "Went for two job interviews. Totally bricked" etc

And other stuff like nitroll deserves to flourish too.

Crossfit uses the term "buy in" and "cash out" in reference to the beginning and end of some workouts.

they use 'double down' a lot too