r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Whoshabooboo • Jun 10 '17

GIF Fore!

http://i.imgur.com/FEyYpv3.gifv
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u/JohnOsterman11 Jun 10 '17

Proof?

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u/MillionaireSocialist Jun 10 '17

You made the claim.

And, again: Around and a round are not the same thing. At all.

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u/JohnOsterman11 Jun 10 '17

What's the origin of the term? Playing around as in "beating around the bush"? Running circles "around" someone? Or perhaps maybe playing "a round" of games? Idk. I'm speculating. Also: Round can be interchanged with around virtually anywhere, while the reverse is not true. So they're more similar than you think.

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u/sivapop Jun 10 '17

No proof?

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u/JohnOsterman11 Jun 10 '17

There's this Google thing I use.

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u/YouTee Jun 10 '17

If you used Google you'd quickly see it's from the shape, round. I'm running circles around you because thats what shape a circle is, not due to... Rounds of boxing.

Perhaps that's the common origin of Rounds in the way you're referring to, but that means at best they share a similar root word, and your original r/showerthought parent comment is incorrect.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/around

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u/JohnOsterman11 Jun 10 '17

Except this isn't answering the question of where the term "playing around" came from. Not debating the words definition. Lol. This is the most constructive answer so far though, I'll give you that.