Orchid XP v8 escreveu:
>>> Let me tell you, I have been alive for over 3 decades, and I have
>>> *never* heard anybody call it that.
>>
>>    You are a native English speaker and never have heard that? Even I 
>> have
>> known that probably for over a decade, and I'm certainly not a native
>> speaker.
> 
> I'm wondering if this is because non-native speakers learn what words 
> are supposed to mean according to the dictionary, not according to how 
> "most people" actually use the words. Just a theory of course...

Methinks thou may hath a point in there.

in my case, I learned that in particular from the PSX game Devil Dice... :)

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