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EDGEMAN
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Either is perfectly acceptable

Just saying...lol "The quick answer to whether champ or chomp is correct is that both are acceptable for modern use – meaning you can use either! To champ or chomp at the bit is to be restless or unable to show restraint."
Link: Champing At The Bit Vs Chomping At The Bit & Meaning
Posted: 04/12/2023 at 02:02 PM ET
(In response to this post by VRJNYTK)

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Kudos to AB for using the term Champing at the Bit correctly in his article**
VRJNYTK • 04/12/23 11:11 AM ET
The entire thing it a mute point**
turkeywinghokie • 04/12/23 04:09 PM ET
You really corralled the entire concept**
Tombo • 04/12/23 10:51 PM ET
Either is perfectly acceptable ◄
EDGEMAN • 04/12/23 02:02 PM ET
For someone who has been around horses for 33 years
VaTechie • 04/12/23 11:42 PM ET
Didn't know horses talked like that
VTCC 65 • 04/14/23 02:10 PM ET
"Acceptable for modern use."
Will StewartAdmin • 04/12/23 03:19 PM ET
Perhaps but if the main purpose of language is to communicate, one can
vtox1 • 04/13/23 01:30 PM ET
Indubitably **
TomTurkey • 04/13/23 06:39 PM ET
Like it at least you didn't vassillate.
vtox1 • 04/13/23 10:26 PM ET
"For all intensive purposes, either is acceptable"**
Baltimore Hokie • 04/13/23 10:04 AM ET
Exactly…. English has just become lazy. Oh, people misuse it more often,
VRJNYTK • 04/12/23 08:07 PM ET
English is not lazy...the people who use it are lazy**
marcbvtgm • 04/13/23 11:33 AM ET
This is silly. Language is not constant - it changes and evolves.
VT_Consul • 04/13/23 10:21 AM ET
Wut?**
Hokie1992 • 04/12/23 09:45 PM ET
A well versed friend described English language as
VTCC 65 • 04/12/23 09:24 PM ET
We have the worst words from every decent language in the world
EDGEMAN • 04/13/23 11:37 AM ET
language changes
VT_Consul • 04/12/23 04:15 PM ET
Or, around here, "flustrated"**
TomTurkey • 04/12/23 05:18 PM ET
well, if we may pick some nits here, in this case it's "acceptable for
GusDaMan • 04/12/23 03:25 PM ET
Sure, but my larger point stands.**
Will StewartAdmin • 04/13/23 10:07 AM ET
"Little known fact there, Normy ... it's champed, not chomped."**
Will StewartAdmin • 04/12/23 12:20 PM ET
Love the Cheers reference...... :)**
NC Maroon • 04/12/23 01:41 PM ET
deduction for "upped and moved" though**
Pylons • 04/12/23 12:15 PM ET
People up and move all the time **
TomTurkey • 04/12/23 12:57 PM ET
Easier and more professional to just "move" though.
Pylons • 04/12/23 01:11 PM ET
Ah, that I now see. Good point.**
TomTurkey • 04/12/23 01:14 PM ET