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Bill Nelson: “The politically offensive slang word, 'scalping,' came from the notion that those reselling tickets were, in fact…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2016
The politically offensive slang word, 'scalping,' came from the notion that those reselling tickets were, in fact, taking the skin off the back of the general public.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Explains the origin of the term 'scalping' in ticket reselling.

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