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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 Share Post on Reddit 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,273 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 7 handymanhome 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 John Fox 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,131 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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