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- Primary term
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cheerleading pom
- URI
- https://nomenclature.info/nom/14980 (opens semantic view)
- Definition
- A decorative device in the shape of a ball, made of a bundle of strips of fabric, paper, etc., in various colours, gathered into with a cylindrical handle, usually made of plastic. Used by cheerleaders in displays of swaying or shaking the pom poms, for entertainement at sporting event such as, football and basketball.
- Definition source(s)
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- American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.
- English
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- Term (International)
- cheerleading pom
- Inverted term (International)
- pom, cheerleading
- Alternative term(s)
- pom pom; pompom; pompon
- French
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- Term (International)
- pompon de claque
- Term gender (International)
- masculine
- Alternative term(s)
- pompon de cheerleading; pompon de meneuse de claque
- Date created
- 2020-01-24
- Date updated
- 2020-07-22
- Bibliographic citation(s)
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- Barber, Katherine, ed. n.d. “Pompom.” In The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. Accessed August 13, 2019. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0053814.
- Grammarist. n.d. “Pompom vs. Pompon.” Grammarist. Accessed August 13, 2019. https://grammarist.com/spelling/pompom-pompon-pom-pom/.
- Office québécois de la langue française. n.d. “claque.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed August 13, 2019. http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=26507244.
- Wikipedia. n.d. “Pom-pom girl.” Wikipédia. Accessed August 13, 2019. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom-pom_girl.
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