Talk:Punt

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as a verb (derived from the American football meaning) can colloquially mean the conscious act of ignoring responsibilities for class assignments or work, as in, "I punted on my homework last night," or "I'm punting the study group for the exam." It also means to do something without proper preparation or planning by making it up on the spot, as in "We'll just punt." Similar usage is common in U.S. business, industry, and engineering circles as in declining to tackle a problem or giving others (perhaps better qualified, more ambitious or merely needing the work) the opportunity to shine or fail.

I have lived in America for nearly my whole life, and I have never heard this term used in this way. Is this a regional thing? Do you have source for it?--Ioshus^(talk) 17:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I have also lived in America for most of my life. I have heard this term used a lot in this fashion, but I need a scholarly source to support this particular colloquial usage (something more scholarly than Wikipedia I'm afraid!) Is there a citation?Zandrous 16:38, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

This has its roots in the Jargon file; it is particularly common at MIT, where the words "punt" and "tool" in this definition are common usage; they're generally worked into the Brass Rat design for every year (for example). 65.96.190.188 00:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Egyptians refered to as people called: Punt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.211.144 (talk) 23:13, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Is seeing doing?

If I am to understand the last meaning on the page, if a prostitute comes within visual range, that is a punt? CampKohler (talk) 07:31, 30 July 2012 (UTC)