Calvinball
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A deliberately absurd sport without fixed rules. uncountable
"And every time I would play serious tackle Nerf Calvinball out in the park somewhere, it played over and over in the back of my mind -- what would I do if I broke an arm?"
Example
More examples"And every time I would play serious tackle Nerf Calvinball out in the park somewhere, it played over and over in the back of my mind -- what would I do if I broke an arm?"
Etymology
From Calvin + ball. From a fictional game without rules, played in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
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