SantaMufasa
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You sound more like you are "abyssed-off". <grin>Bob said:
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Mufasa(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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<I based my opinion on the few sites that appeared to spend some time researching the origin.
Me too.
<after numerous searches I found nothing.
Me neither.
I'm forced to rely on my aged memory, in particular of some comics I used to read in England around 1970.
<it just happens that this timeframe fits with the release of "$Whoo[tp]!" songs
'Tis a fine coincidence indeed. So, what you're saying, though, is that a word that had been in common usage in the 1980s in D&D circles didn't get spread around until the 1990s when gaming went online, and that the release of this song by some decidedly NON-D&D types was what caused the word to become popular...I think I get it.
Me too.
<after numerous searches I found nothing.
Me neither.
I'm forced to rely on my aged memory, in particular of some comics I used to read in England around 1970. <it just happens that this timeframe fits with the release of "$Whoo[tp]!" songs
'Tis a fine coincidence indeed. So, what you're saying, though, is that a word that had been in common usage in the 1980s in D&D circles didn't get spread around until the 1990s when gaming went online, and that the release of this song by some decidedly NON-D&D types was what caused the word to become popular...I think I get it.
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