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Aerobie, n.|ɛəˈrəʊbɪ| [f. aero- after Frisbee n.] A proprietary name for a thin plastic ring which is spun through the air in a catching game. orig. U.S.
1985Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 7 May tm139/1 Aerobie... For aerial toy... First use 8–3–1984. 1986Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 Mar. 752/2 Aerobie... Toys...—11 March 1985. 1988Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario) Rec. 8 June e6/1 World Frisbee champion eight of the last nine years, Zimmerman also holds the record for an Aerobie throw of 377 metres. 1990New Scientist 28 July 40/2 In the late 1970s, Alan Alder..began to investigate the possibilities. Nearly a decade later, he had abandoned the disc for a ring, which he calls the Aerobie ring. |