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drstewartlast Tuesday at 9:05 AM3 repliesview on HN

Also:

basketball -> handball

hockey -> stickball

volleyball -> handball

rugby -> handegg

baseball -> stickball

cricket -> stickball

golf -> stickball

Hopefully this will finally appease the football literalists and make things simpler for you all to understand :)


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Vegenoidlast Tuesday at 10:39 AM

I like the basketball, volleyball, and baseball way where the noun before ball has some leeway but should be clearly identified with an aspect of the sport.

football -> tackleball rugby -> tossball cricket -> paddleball golf -> clubball hockey -> icepuck

mananaysiemprelast Tuesday at 2:26 PM

Handball’s already taken though.

h2zizzlelast Tuesday at 3:37 PM

I find it werid that you keep calling soccer football.