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Jackson6612 It's pole vault and it means: an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the end of an extremely long flexible pole held in the hands and used to give extra spring. I do not believe that there is such a term as 'poll valut'. The word 'poll', however, means: poll |pol| noun 1 (often the polls) the process of voting in an election : the country went to the polls on March 10.

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  • Jackson6612 It's pole vault and it means: an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the end of an extremely long flexible pole held in the hands and used to give extra spring.
  • I do not believe that there is such a term as 'poll valut'.
  • The word 'poll', however, means: poll |pol| noun 1 (often the polls) the process of voting in an election : the country went to the polls on March 10.
  • • a record of the number of votes cast in an election.
  • • ( the polls) the places where votes are cast in an election : the polls have only just closed.
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Jackson6612

It's pole vault and it means: an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the end of an extremely long flexible pole held in the hands and used to give extra spring.

I do not believe that there is such a term as 'poll valut'. The word 'poll', however, means:

poll |pol|
noun
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Hi John

You are right about 'pole vault'. But the term "poll vault" does exist. Did you check the embedded google link? Please check it if you haven't. Thank you.
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"Poll Vault" would mean "the place where we store poll results".
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Hi Jackson

The embedded link you provided is to a Google search result page whose first entry is dedicated to a Warner Bros./American Broadcasting Company television show entitled "The Poll Vault". This title is a play on words and has no intrinsic meaning. The play on words refers to not only election polls, but also to many different polls conducted worldwide during the preceding week.
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Thank you, CSnyder, John.

@John: Thanks a lot. I appreciate your effort to edify me and time it took you to go thru some of the webpages!

This title is a play on words and has no intrinsic meaning.
Is this always true that 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_play' or 'play o
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Hi Jackson, thanks for your response.

It’s been a while since I came across the word ‘edify’ and I had to look it up in my dictionary. For some reason, I mixed-up its meaning with that of ‘deify’. How strange, no?

Well, anyway, it was never my intention to edify anyone. That would be presumptuous, and not at all like me.

Word play is fun and farcical and I am certain tha
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It is, of course, a deliberate play on words, referring to "pole vault", but in the context of e.g. a news network's website it means the section of the website devoted to polls.
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Thank you, John, CSnyder.

JohnParisHi Jackson, thanks for your response.

It’s been a while since I came across the word ‘edify’ and I had to look it up in my dictionary. For some reason, I mixed-up its meaning with that of ‘deify’. How strange, no?
Well, anyway, it was never my intention to edify anyone. That would be presumptuous, and not at all like
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It was a little jab criticizing my definition of "poll vault" - while a sperm bank is an actual physical place, a poll vault is very unlikely to be; I guess I was insufficiently clear at first.
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Oh My, No, CS - it wasn't a jab at all!

That's why I put the smiley face.

It was a joke! I'm sorry if you feel offended - I thought it would make you laugh. My apologies.

@Jackson - the bolding of the line must have been some sort of technical problem. I did not write the line in bold.

Cheers,

John
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