pregame = 'occurring before a scheduled meeting'

[Charles C Doyle]

That extension suggest the etymological sense (also extended) of the noun "prelude"--or (as we might say more Anglo-Saxonishly) "foreplay."

--Charlie
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Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:54 PM

Another CNN hotshot describes "the pregame speculation" before the G-20
summit, particularly before conversations between the U.S. and China.

JL

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