A "sprue" is the cardboard sheet from which you punch out game pieces
Also has meanings in model-making, cooking/gardening, manufacturing, and medicine!
first came across the term "sprue" in board gaming, when my board gamer friend Stephen Conway @thespiel.bsky.social used it in casual conversation.
In manufacturing, a sprue is a large diameter vertical channel through which liquid material is introduced into a mold. (Source and Source) In medicine, sprue is a disorder in which the intestines are unable to absorb nutrients from food. (Source).
Dooley aka @mwdooley.bsky.social points out that the term "sprue" is used in the model making world.
And Alicia aka @foodycatalicia.bsky.social adds that "sprue" also refers to asparagus!
Thanks, Dooley and Alicia!
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