Comments on: Roshambo http://www.word-detective.com/2012/06/roshambo/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Brant-Zawadzki http://www.word-detective.com/2012/06/roshambo/comment-page-1/#comment-44016 Alex Brant-Zawadzki Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6759#comment-44016 Seems logical to me that Rochambeau could take that long to be used enough to designate an arbitrary "first known use". You yourself said you hadn't heard RPS referred to as Ro Sham Bo, and information is a bit more readily available these days. I'll bet there were also dozens of colloquialisms/idioms that were deemed too indecent or povertous to print. Seems logical to me that Rochambeau could take that long to be used enough to designate an arbitrary “first known use”.

You yourself said you hadn’t heard RPS referred to as Ro Sham Bo, and information is a bit more readily available these days.

I’ll bet there were also dozens of colloquialisms/idioms that were deemed too indecent or povertous to print.

]]> By: Wayne Brehaut http://www.word-detective.com/2012/06/roshambo/comment-page-1/#comment-43332 Wayne Brehaut Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:53:59 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=6759#comment-43332 You rock! You rock!

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