{"id":323,"date":"2016-10-12T20:36:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/?p=323"},"modified":"2016-11-11T02:52:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T02:52:18","slug":"game-lexicon-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/uncategorized\/game-lexicon-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"“Game” Lexicon Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forms: game, games, gamey, gamehog(s), gamekeeper<\/p>\n

Related Terms:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

beat, custom, gay, pair<\/p>\n

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The most common\u00a0usage of the word “game” appears in a competitive sense, where the word serves to represent some (either formal or informal) back and forth\u00a0between individuals in an often jocular manner [“The game of laugh and lie down” (U. 9. 458)]. Even in instances that may not directly reference a specific competition, “game” is often used in relation to traditional sports terms [“game ball” (U. 10.304)]. The lexical item\u00a0comes up in specific reference to competitive sports [“police forbidding Irish games in the park” (U. 12.679)] but also less formal games not related to sports [“The hidden hand is again at its old game” (U. 15.975)].<\/p>\n

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The second most common use for “game” is as an adjective, usually in reference to someone describing themselves or being described as prepared, ready, or spirited [“I’ll introduce you, inspector. She’s game” (U. 15.747)]. The term also appears in its adjective form in reference to horses as “And a game filly she is” (U. 10. 511)]. In both of these descriptive contexts, “game” carries a youthfulness and an energy that implies an ability to be competitive (especially in the horse racing world) or a certain level of power or ability that is clear in a person’s character.<\/p>\n

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As well,\u00a0Ulysses<\/em> has a few additional variations\u00a0that add different definitions such as “gamehogs” [“The fellows that never will be slaves, with the only hereditary chamber on the face of God’s earth and their land in the hands of a dozen gamehogs and cottonball baron” (U. 12.1348)] and “gamekeeper” [“God help his gamekeeper” (U. 15. 648)], which both carry unique yet somewhat uncertain definitions within the context of the term’s usage.<\/p>\n

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Definitions and Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Noun:<\/strong><\/p>\n