Cal
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A man's name often short for Calvin
- noun
- /kæl/
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Cal
- And rounding third is Cal Ripken... and the Twins' streak is over.
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Watch on YouTubeNumber three, I'm very grateful for Cal 'cause he puts up with me.
- Number three, I'm very grateful for Cal 'cause he puts up with me.
- And Alicia goes, Cal, I think Remy wants a drink.
- We went to curfew and OK, yeah, Cal went crazy on us, bro.
- And now here's my conversation with Cal Newport.
- And so just like many names like Joseph Kalpin became Cal.
- Again, a couple, just a couple days work, John and Cal, who played Harold and Kumar were exhausted.
- And today we have Cal Newport, an expert on deep work.
- Yeah, it's I've got Cal Newport coming on later this week and his new books A World Without e-mail.
- This Speaking of Baltimore, Cal Newport, if you know who that is, he wrote a book called Deep Work.
- So, so Cal, you, you are in this, this interesting space where you are, you're a young professor.
- I was reviewing Throne of Glass the first book and I I think I pronounced the dude's name Cole and it's supposed to be Cal I think.
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Examples
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Let's start with a voicemail from Cal in Milwaukee.
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Oh, Cal, listen, have I taught you nothing?
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Oh, Cal, listen, have I taught you nothing?
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Do you want Cal to return everything?
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- Hey, is Cal around?
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I have to go, Cal.
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Number three, I'm very grateful for Cal 'cause he puts up with me.
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Cal, let's get over to those other two boats by the bridge.
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Then she was quiet again, stroking Cal's hair, watching the movement of her hand as if mesmerized.
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I have to go, Cal.
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Etymology
Cal is a short form of the name Calvin, which comes from the Latin calvus meaning 'bald'. So Cal is a friendly, shorter name that originally came from a name meaning 'the bald one'.