Talk:Macehualtin/@comment-3225604-20140210131604/@comment-1434443-20141112084024

I suppose it's up to me clear this up

"Tossing" is a very general term, an adjective, that implies someone tossing.

"Slinger", though similar in definition to "Tosser", is much more specific, and in the context of the Macehualtin article, refers to a person using a device which facilitates the throwing, or tossing, of an object - in this case, the Sling.

Thus, "Tosser" is inappropriate, at least in this context, because of the neutral connotation of the term, and does not take into consideration the sling, the device which, as earlier noted, assists in the action of "tossing" the object.

Also, English is an evolving language, what you read in Wiktionary or Oxford or what have you may not be exactly the same a decade or two later.

And if it really bothers you so much, just cut down the middle and call anybody who flings a projectile without the use of a bow or crossbow to kill someone a "Non-Archer Ranged Unit"