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Beer Pong - Etymology: Encyclopedia II - Beer Pong - Etymology

The meaning of the terms Beer Pong and Beirut vary depending on locality to which the game is played: Beirut is unambiguously accepted to be the version of the game where players throw the balls and do not use paddles to hit the ball, while Beer Pong can mean either the same game as Beirut, or the similar game where players use paddles to hit the ball toward the cups of their opponents. Beirut is generally a term used in the northeastern United States while 'Beer Pong' is the most commonly used in the southern and western regions. Beer Pong, in its paddle va ...

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Beer Pong: Encyclopedia II - Beer Pong - Etymology

Beer Pong - Etymology

The meaning of the terms Beer Pong and Beirut vary depending on locality to which the game is played: Beirut is unambiguously accepted to be the version of the game where players throw the balls and do not use paddles to hit the ball, while Beer Pong can mean either the same game as Beirut, or the similar game where players use paddles to hit the ball toward the cups of their opponents. Beirut is generally a term used in the northeastern United States while 'Beer Pong' is the most commonly used in the southern and western regions. Beer Pong, in its paddle variation, is rarely played in the South.

The name "Beirut" is said to derive from an irreverent, and some would deem offensive, allusion to the civil war in Lebanon in the 1980's in which mortar shells were lobbed at Beirut, the country's capital city. Calling the game Beiruit is said to have originated at Lehigh University or Bucknell University [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/11/19/opinion/11525.shtml