Talk:playoff beard
Latest comment: 12 years ago by Msh210 in topic playoff beard
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Sum of parts. Beard grown for playoffs. TeleComNasSprVen 01:26, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Delete, the Wikipedia article even mentions 'playoff mullet' as an alternative to this. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:02, 10 May 2011 (UTC)- Strong keep. There's no way someone would know what it means even if (like me) they know the meaning of the other words. It seems to be a North American thing, unknown in the rest of the word.--Dmol 11:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
- Should we keep any combination that collocates with playoff and is attestable? Playoff hat, playoff hairstyle, playoff jersey? Mglovesfun (talk) 11:35, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
- Strong keep. There's no way someone would know what it means even if (like me) they know the meaning of the other words. It seems to be a North American thing, unknown in the rest of the word.--Dmol 11:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Our entry says it's a beard players grow. But cites show fans with things called playoff beard, and the owner of the Brewers (a baseball team) with one, too. So AFAICT it's just "beard for playoffs". Delete.—msh210℠ (talk) 16:01, 10 May 2011 (UTC)17:04, 16 May 2011 (UTC)- Regarding Dmol's comment; I think in running text you'd know what it means without hesitation. Dictionaries define words in isolation, which is why citations are so useful, meanings can be hard to decipher even when well-written, a good citation adds a lot of any term in my opinion, and it shows how to use it in running text. --Mglovesfun (talk) 12:35, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- The entry reads - A beard grown by members of a sports team as a sign of unity or good luck during the postseason. I've bolded the part that is not obvious to those unfamiliar with the term. The constituent parts do not show this. It requires prior knowledge.--Dmol 00:33, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
- Good point. Keep, I suppose.—msh210℠ (talk) 17:04, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
- Keep. The element of unity or superstition is not immediately apparent from the phrase. bd2412 T 19:08, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
- You got me, I strike my 'vote' above. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:10, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
That makes it unanimous. Kept.—msh210℠ (talk) 21:12, 17 May 2011 (UTC)