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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Dictionary.com:
Pugilism: "the art or practice of fighting with the fists; boxing."
I knew what that meant, I just knew that others wouldn't. 
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Heck, we're readers. I bet many here DO know what pugilism is. I won a game of Taboo once by knowing that.
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Oh, I meant everyone but badgoodDeb, of course.
The context indicated that it might have something to do with boxing, but that's all that I could surmise. After reading your post, and re-reading mine, I realized that it might be related to "pugnacious," of which I know the meaning.
All of us are readers, but you've got to admit that that word is a little bit obscure, at least to Americans.
I'm glad that you won a game of Taboo with that word, but "pugilism" stinks as a Scrabble word--not a particularly great number of letters, and none of them have much value.