Talk:bouncy ball
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Metaknowledge in topic RFD discussion: July–August 2018
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SOP. 2602:252:D2B:3AA0:FCBE:C33D:A3DC:8DD7 12:18, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Keep. This is the standard term for this thing (at least in BrE): I wasn't aware of other terms like superball until adulthood. A strong clue that the phrase is a "unit" is the stress of pronunciation: BOUN-cy-ball not boun-cy-BALL (the latter would be the normal Adj+N stress if it weren't a fixed compound). Furthermore, there are balls that bounce that are not bouncy balls (such as tennis balls, or even basketballs). Equinox ◑ 12:32, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Keep. In Dutch this is a stuiterbal and the Dutch don't call any ball that happens to stuiter a stuiterbal. (a ball that stuiters but isn't a stuiterbal would be called a "stuiterende bal" or "bouncing ball", which would be SOP) Alexis Jazz (talk) 12:35, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
- Keep. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 01:25, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
- Keep, per Equinox. I also grew up with bouncy ball, but in AmE. I only rarely hear superball; it sound to me a bit like a brandname-gone-generic term. --SanctMinimalicen (talk) 16:40, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
- RFD passed. —Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 21:28, 15 August 2018 (UTC)