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What does On Point mean? It's also in that dating game Strong Bad made (Marzipan: "Strong bad is on point"). Does it mean cool? Does it deserve a page of its own? | What does On Point mean? It's also in that dating game Strong Bad made (Marzipan: "Strong bad is on point"). Does it mean cool? Does it deserve a page of its own? | ||
:I can't tell you for sure what it ''means'', but I can vouch that it pre-dates HR references; there's an [http://www.onpointradio.org/ NPR program] by the same name, and Googling it shows it in connection with various businesses and agencies. So no, page not good. — [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 09:18, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC) | :I can't tell you for sure what it ''means'', but I can vouch that it pre-dates HR references; there's an [http://www.onpointradio.org/ NPR program] by the same name, and Googling it shows it in connection with various businesses and agencies. So no, page not good. — [[User:notstrongorbad|notstrongorbad]] 09:18, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC) | ||
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| + | ::*'''on point''' ''adj.'' <nowiki>[1990s]</nowiki> alert, sharp, aware. <nowiki>[</nowiki>military ''point'', the lead man of a patrol] | ||
| + | ::<small>''SOURCE: CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF SLANG, 1998''</small> | ||
| + | ::— {{User:Thesmokingmonkey/sig}} 13:12, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 13:12, 7 October 2005
The Non-interesting, but Informative, Etymology of "On Point"
What does On Point mean? It's also in that dating game Strong Bad made (Marzipan: "Strong bad is on point"). Does it mean cool? Does it deserve a page of its own?
- I can't tell you for sure what it means, but I can vouch that it pre-dates HR references; there's an NPR program by the same name, and Googling it shows it in connection with various businesses and agencies. So no, page not good. — notstrongorbad 09:18, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- This should help!
- on point adj. [1990s] alert, sharp, aware. [military point, the lead man of a patrol]
- SOURCE: CASSELL'S DICTIONARY OF SLANG, 1998
- — THE SMOKING MONKEY 13:12, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- This should help!
