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GOLF - "[not an acronym] Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden (urban legend about origin of golf game)" by AcronymsAndSlang.com
Planet Word Museum - You may have heard that “golf” is an acronym standing for “Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden,” but that was a joke from the 1990s that grew into an urban
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