Tap That

[Jonathan Lighter]

People in headlines have long been "tapped" for cabinet and similar
appointments.

JL

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:24 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

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> At Yale you are "tapped" when you are asked to join a secret society.
> There is a "tap night" and historically there has been a "tap day".
> Below is link to an article in the Yale Daily News. Of course, "tap"
> is the exoteric term used in the open literature, and it may differ
> from the esoteric term(s) used within a secret group.
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> Article: The evolution of Tap Night
> Authors: Nicolas Niarchos and Courtney Pannell
> Date: April 17, 2009
> http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2009/04/17/the-evolution-of-tap-night/
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> On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Benjamin Torbert <btorbert at gmail.com>
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> > 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."
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> > I was like, are we actually doing this?
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> > On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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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>
> >> wrote:
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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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