When I was a kid, my friends and I loved playing a game called "bombardment" in which opposing teams would pelt each other with kickballs (and the occasional volleyball, which flies much faster and truer). If someone was skillful enough to catch the ball, the thrower would be out, and an already-out teammate of the catcher would be allowed back in.
Now this game is known as "dodgeball," and they even made a hilarious movie of the same name.
I don't know what happened to "bombardment," but I definitely prefer this name because it implies that people will be hit, or at least that this is the goal of the activity. The name "dodgeball" is passive and defensive, implying that the goal is to avoid being hit. Nonsense. The goal is to destroy and prevail, not merely to survive. Subtle changes of this type are yet another indicator of societal weakening.
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