Word: chadless
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...merriam-webster.com last Friday. One possible derivation is from chat--small, white pieces of rock produced in lead mining. But what rock and paper have to do with each other (particularly without scissors) is unclear. Another theory, advanced by the New Hacker's Dictionary, is that chad stems from the "Chadless" paper punch, thought to be named after its inventor, that keeps the little pieces off the floor--ergo the pieces must be chad. "There is a legend that the word was originally acronymic," the dictionary adds, "standing for Card Hole Aggregate Debris, but this has all the earmarks...
...Chadless H. Stauffer, 1G--to be Assistant in Chemistry for one year from Sept. 1, 1934. A.B. Swarthmore...
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