@avantgame Not very helpful but wherever it came from it looks like it peaked in popularity in 1921: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Are+you+game&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CAre%20you%20game%3B%2Cc0 …
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@avantgame The folks at@wayword are pretty darn good at this sort of thing. Their show on Sunday nights is really good too.@gersandelfThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame try your secret TED password on@Inkyfool I bet he'll know. -
@_Z__@avantgame Cockfighting, I believe. A game-cock is one prepared to fight (and participate), so noun turned to adjective. -
@Inkyfool@avantgame Wow. Straight from the etymologists tweet. Thanks Mark.
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@avantgame maybe worth asking Etymology Baron@Inkyfool about the origin of the phrase 'are you game?'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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