According to the Online Etymological Dictionary, the word's been around since the seventeenth century: 1656 to be precise.
So here I am at work, nothing terribly exciting going on for a Thursday night/Friday morning. All seems so quiet yet my mind is wandering around quite a bit. I am listening to Willie Nelson's "You Don't Know Me.. Songs by Cindy Walker". I know he isnt much to look at but damn he has the most interesting voice.
It strikes me from time to time that there are two distinct concepts of what we 'do' on the forums. A lot of us talk about the games that we're in, and use various concepts from the world of roleplay as entertainment that developed from the original pencil-and-paper roleplaying games.