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The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
For glossaries of terms, please place the glossaries in Category:Glossaries of sports and, if one exists, the sport-specific subcategory of Category:Sports terminology. Do not a create a sport-specific subcategory just to hold a lone glossary article (it will just get up-merged again at WP:CFD ).
Mugging, a slang term for overacting; Mugging, a type of street robbery. Mugger, a footpad; Mugging, a disparaging term for rote learning. Mugging, a Singapore colloquial term for intensive studying "Mugging" , a 2005 television episode; Model Mugging, an American self-defense training technique
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
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Sports. Weather. Soto, Stanton and Judge: Star-studded Yankees finally get over hump to World Series ... He stared at it not so much because he knew it was gone, but rather that by mean-mugging ...
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2. A generalized term for American, Canadian, arena, and other related forms of football, especially in contrast with rugby football (rugby union, rugby league) and association football (soccer). See also Gridiron football The word derives from the same root as griddle, meaning a "lattice". The original field was marked in a grid of ...