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Old Sun Jan 15, 2012, 06:01pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by fortmoney View Post
For some reason, it is a pet peeve of mine to use "ref" as a verb. "are you reffing?" Ugh
Why? Ref is short/slang for referee. Referee is both a noun and a verb. So, by extension, ref is a shortland/slang for either the noun or verb usage of referee. And at least some online dictionaries agree.
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