Tap That

[Benjamin Torbert]

I'm pretty sure, in 2008 when Senator McCain named Governor Palin as his,
um, ticket-mate, CNN and other venues ran the wildly inappropriate
headline, "McCain taps Palin for Vice President."

I was like, are we actually doing this?

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From Wikipedia:
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> In collectible card games such as Magic: The Gathering to tap a card means
> to use it so that it cannot be used again in that player's turn.[1] The
> visual indication of the tapped status is represented by turning the card
> 90 degrees to the right.
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> DanG
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> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Guy Letourneau <guy1656 at opusnet.com>
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> > Regarding the below, I've seen gamer t-shirts with =22I'd tap =
> > that=22placed below a graphic illustration of rotating a playing card
> from
> > a vertical to a horizontal position...
> > -GLL
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> > From:=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 victor steinbok <aardvark66=40GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: =22I'd tap that=22I doubt very much it's a
> misunderstanding. =
> > If anything, they're kiting on
> > the =22usual=22 meaning.VS-)
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> > On Oct 1, 2014 6:35 PM, =22Dan Goncharoff=22 <thegonch=40gmail.com>
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> > > Is this a new use of the word =22tap=22?> Their new ad campaign is
> based
> > =
> > on misunderstanding the sexual use of
> > =22tap=22: http://www.zipcar.com/idtapthat
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