Editing Three-peat (section)

==In popular use==
In a comedic context, the same play on words, additionally incorporating the name "[[Peter (name)|Pete]]", is known to have been used as early as 1930 on the radio program ''[[Empire Builders (radio program)|Empire Builders]]''. The episode of that program broadcast on December 29, 1930, featured a trio of singers dubbed "The Three Visiting Firemen: Pete, Re-Pete, and Three-Pete".<ref>[http://radiomemories.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=23248 radiomemories 23248] [[Wizzard Media]]</ref>

The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' credits an [[Illinois]] high school senior, Sharif Ford, with the earliest published use of the word in the March 8, 1989, edition of the ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]''. Ford's quote uses the term in a sporting context and serves to provide a clear [[etymology]] as well:
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The Lincoln High Tigers say they want to "three-peat". "You know, kind of like repeat, except doing it for the third time", senior Sharif Ford said.
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