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  • noun Another name for table tennis.

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Onomatopoeic. Ping-Pong (with dash) is a registered wordmark of Parker Brothers, Inc., first used in 1900 and registered in the United States in 1930, and an example of a genericized trademark. Contrary to a common folk etymology, the word does not originate from the Chinese language.

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