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War with rules, scoreboards, and mercifully no body count.
means An activity involving physical exertion and skill, governed by agreed-upon rules, where individuals or teams compete for victory.
from Traces back to the Old French 'desport,' meaning diversion or amusement — itself rooted in the Latin 'deportare,' literally 'to carry away.' The idea being that play carries you away from your toil, your worries, your actual job. English clipped off the 'de-' over time, leaving just 'sport' — the carrying-away part dropped, but the spirit of escape baked right in.
- original meaning
- Meant any amusement, including flirting
- chess debate
- IOC still argues if it counts
- oldest olympic event
- Running existed before the wheel
- etymology irony
- A word for leisure now means intense labor