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Never heard of this term. Attestation required. Razorflame 22:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- Cited, I think...? It's "grounding" in the sense of finding a rational basis for, not being forbidden from going out by your mum. Equinox ◑ 22:38, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
- Rfv passed, then. It looks well-cited enough now. Razorflame 22:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
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"Unable to be grounded (kept in as a punishment)." Only in South Park? Equinox ◑ 18:24, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- How do you ground that which is ungroundable? --WikiTiki89 18:38, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- It could have an electrical sense too. Is that attestable? —CodeCat 18:40, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Most of what I can find, while it may be an independent use, refers to the South Park episode. I found one quote that did not refer to the South Park episode:
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- Perhaps a third could be found on Google groups? Kiwima (talk) 20:22, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
- Most of what I can find, while it may be an independent use, refers to the South Park episode. I found one quote that did not refer to the South Park episode:
- Nothing on Usenet. Khemehekis (talk) 18:11, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
- RFV failed: only two quotations provided. —Granger (talk · contribs) 11:46, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
- Rather than just deleting this entry, I would be happier if we merged all entries into a single definition "not groundable". That way, we do not eliminate what is obviously a valid, if rare, meaning. Kiwima (talk) 21:30, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
- Since that violates the rule of "one line, one sense", it might cause problems with translations, glosses, sense IDs, etc. Equinox ◑ 21:32, 25 November 2017 (UTC)