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- noun A
non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gramflying disc , the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to aplayer in the opposing end-zone.
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- noun a game between two teams whose players try to toss a Frisbee to one another until they cross the opponents goal; possession changes hands when the Frisbee is intercepted or touches the ground or goes out of bounds
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jboyd commented on the word ultimate frisbee
Wikipedia has historical information about the development of the game that yields a provisional etymology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)
February 11, 2010
dontcry commented on the word ultimate frisbee
We were playing it in college in the mid-seventies...in the snow.
February 11, 2010