[Ads-l] boss (top enemy in a level/game in gaming)

[Barretts Mail]

1980 is the earliest citation there. BB

> On 17 May 2019, at 10:05, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 2:47 AM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boss): An enemy, often at the
>> end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in
>> order to progress.
>> 
> 
> If you click on the "citations" tab, you'll find relevant examples going
> back to the '80s, drawn from arcade manuals and such.
> 
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:boss
> 
> --bgz
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