Gripe time, I'm afraid: When the Associated Press and others use the term "winningest", it makes my stomach churn. Sure, it's difficult to find a superlative that best describes apparently super-human athletes like Michael Phelps, to take a current example, but why bastardise the English language in the process?
Now before you all start shouting at once, I know the term has been around for a while (and has a listing on Merriam Webster), but let's face it, the term you're looking for is "successful". And if you are going to use "winningest", does that make someone who is not quite at the pinnacle simply "winninger" than others?
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