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785. Crossword Puzzles & Word Origins (with Fred Eyangoh)

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Crossword Puzzles - Moxie Fighting Spirit

It's asking us what would ball be, the blank be, to complete with ball. An arcade game is normally a computer game like Street Fighter II or something. But it's not pinball, because that's P-I-N, that's three letters. And this needs to be four letters, something ball arcade game. I have an idea. I think it's Moxie. How do you spell Moxie? Right, I'm going to check with Colin. Oh, what would Colin... I'm cheating. What would Colin say? No, that's not cheating. It's not, as you said, Moxie, US and Canadian slang. So that

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