@avantgame the older references in Google books use "game" to mean sexually available
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@kevinmarks I noticed a few of those!! :o -
@avantgame I like "gamer" meaning athlete in the 1620s http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gamer&allowed_in_frame=0 … -
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@kevinmarks OMG love this: "Gamester is attested from 1590s but meant "prostitute" (cf. old slang the first game ever played "copulation") -
@avantgame lots of good gaming in Shakespeare http://shakespeare.sayit.mysociety.org/search/?q=Game -
@kevinmarks yes -- "The game's afoot: Follow your spirit" is my favorite -
@avantgame that's game as in hunting animals. Whereas gaming in Hamlet is gambling.
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@avantgame According to several online dictionaries, it's from the Middle English "gamen" via Old Norse "gaman" ("amusement"). -
@davehogg ah! cool. looking for origins of the phrase "are you game" or "I'm game", rather than the word game - but interesting :) -
@avantgame I saw someone had already cited the OED, so I figured I'd add some related information. :)
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@avantgame The adjective "game" in this phrase dates from the 18th century, and means "having the spirit of a game-cock"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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