@avantgame this one has 1725 http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=game&allowed_in_frame=0 …
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@kevinmarks yeah I like that, now I just have to find out if game-cock are named for being game or what :)
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@avantgame more from OED - "full of pluck, spirit or fight"pic.twitter.com/08LLjsP7bg
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@avantgame “are you game” dates from 18th century, means “having the spirit of a game-cock” or full of pluck, spirit, fight -
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@avantgame I had college course covering modern idioms and adjective form of game assoc with pluck is deriv from noun "game-cock" c. 1700s -
@theRab@avantgame I make it a point to retweet anything with the word "game-cock" in it. Kinda like the Dr. Who Bot. Only more juvenile. - End of conversation
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@avantgame Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose? 'Baudelaire'Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@towfiq@avantgame good one!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Check out the Online Etymology Dictionary's take on "gamer"...might add some spice to your question http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=game&searchmode=none …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame meet@wayword. They're professional language sleuths. You can do no better.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame going off of that "game cock" ref. I found a book of songs from 1830. but it'll be a stretch to connect http://books.google.com/books?id=MrUDAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22game-cock%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=%22game-cock%22&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame the ngram viewer says try the 1840s https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Are+you+game%2C+I%27m+game%2C+she%27s+game+&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CAre%20you%20game%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CI%20%27m%20game%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cshe%20%27s%20game%3B%2Cc0 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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