Wednesday, January 10, 2007

This is for Frabney and & Frannie

They are addicted to online backgammon and trying to lure me into playing too.

gammon (GAM-uhn) noun

1. Backgammon.

2. A victory in a backgammon game before the loser has removed any piece.

[Probably from Middle English gamen (game).]

3. A cured or smoked ham.

4. The bottom piece of a side of bacon.

[From Old French gambon (ham), from gambe (leg), from Late Latin gamba
(hoof), from Greek kampe (bend).]

verb tr., intr.

To deceive or to fool.

[Of uncertain origin, perhaps from the game of backgammon.]

From A Word A Day

1 comment:

LP said...

OK. I am addicted to backgammon, but I do not understand the "online" fixation. Playing backgammon ilst sitting at a hookah bar or cafe and rolling real dice... this I see. But online?