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Etymology please
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Started conversation Dec 29, 1999
How did the game get its name? If this was strictly onomatopeia,
wouldn't it be called kapockapock?
Lil
Etymology please
DrunkN_MastR Posted Dec 29, 1999
They probably use to use little metal balls back in the ol days and named it after the sound that it kept making from striking the little ball back and forth....
Etymology please
Lisa the Freak // Poet by the Toga Posted May 13, 2000
kapock
kapack
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THAT'S INGENIOUS, THAT!!!!V 
kapock
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Etymology please
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted May 14, 2000
I can tell from the sound that you are using an illegally weighted paddle.
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