# What is a boomerang?

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**Created:** [October 21, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-boomerang/88651 "2001-10-21T00:55:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-boomerang/88651/1 "2001-10-21T00:55:11Z")

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While reading a thread earlier today, I don’t remember where or anything, I don’t particularly feel like trying to find it again, but **Ghost** was known as a boomerang, not a member. What gives?

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-boomerang/88651/2 "2001-10-21T01:51:47Z")

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I think someone ( **Lynn Bodoni** , most likely) changed the status when banning him/her, to indicate someone who had previously been thrown off the board, only to return. These sort of titles, though well loved by the board as a whole, are no longer given to banned members, as it is thought that it gives attention to attention-seeking imbeciles.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-boomerang/88651/3 "2001-10-21T02:00:42Z")

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A boomerang is an Aboriginal throwing-stick. It’s most outstanding characteristic is that it comes back. Ned I say more?

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-boomerang/88651/4 "2001-10-21T21:54:17Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by reprise \*  
> \*\*Ned I say more? \*\*

I don’t know. **Ned** you?

Who’s Ned, anyway?

What’s Ned got to do … got to do with it?

And it’s always fun to have an Aboriginal-throwing stick around. Especially if you’re an Aboriginal.

(Disambiguate? Never!)

I just broke a hyphen… good thing I’m a guy.

I’ll stop.

😃

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-boomerang/88651/6 "2001-10-21T22:20:33Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Alpha too \*  
> \*\*Too bad they don’t let you display your full sig any more.  
> It was one of the better ones. \*\*

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