RPS
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A hand game where players show rock, paper, or scissors to choose a winner
- noun
- /ɑr pi ɛs/
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piedra, papel o tijera
- During lunch, we often play RPS to settle friendly disputes like who gets the last slice of pizza.
Examples
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To decide who goes first in the game, they played RPS—a quick and fun way to make a choice.
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And we will ultimately have a tournament in the end and we will have one RPS champ of the whole room.
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Is all alternative history fiction RPF (and some RPS) then?
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The best gaming strategy is clearly to wait for those with RPS to buy, and then pick at the non-renewable scraps left over.
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At the party, everyone gathered in groups to play RPS and see who would win each round.
Surface Forms
Etymology
RPS stands for the three words 'rock', 'paper', and 'scissors' and names a simple hand game people use to make a quick, fair choice. Each thing beats one other, so RPS works like a tiny decision machine.