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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Cards is Sports? #52340 01/10/2002 3:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Today's AWAD is wild card. Dipsy-doodle was questionable, wild card is not. Come to think of it, I don't ever remember hearing any prescriptivists (or humanistic grammarians, either) railing about its sports use. The computer search use is an obvious extension of the card playing use but the sports use is not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cards is Sports? Faldage 01/10/2002 1:53 PM Re: Cards is Sports? tsuwm 01/10/2002 3:05 PM Re: Cards is Sports? Faldage 01/10/2002 3:15 PM Re: Cards is Sports? tsuwm 01/10/2002 3:31 PM Re: Cards is Sports? WhitmanO'Neill 01/10/2002 3:49 PM Re: Cards is Sports? Faldage 01/10/2002 3:57 PM Re: Cards is Sports? tsuwm 01/10/2002 8:59 PM Re: Cards is Sports? WhitmanO'Neill 01/10/2002 9:35 PM Re: Cards is Sports? Wordwind 01/11/2002 10:00 AM Re: Cards is Sports? tsuwm 01/11/2002 3:06 PM Re: Cards is Sports? Wordwind 01/11/2002 5:16 PM Re: Cards is Sports? consuelo 01/12/2002 7:31 AM Re: Cards is Sports? Wordwind 01/12/2002 1:55 PM Re: Cards is Sports? consuelo 01/12/2002 4:11 PM Re: Cards is Sports? tsuwm 01/12/2002 5:48 PM Re: Cards is Sports? consuelo 01/12/2002 8:05 PM Re: Cards is Sports? Keiva 01/10/2002 8:30 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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