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  2. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi - Wikipedia

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    "Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi" is a cheer or chant often performed at Australian sport events.It is a variation of the "Oggy Oggy Oggy, oi oi oi" chant used by both soccer and rugby union fans in Great Britain from the 1960s onwards.

  5. Category:Association football terminology - Wikipedia

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    It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as " football ". For more information on the sport, see association football .

  6. very few teams have won it all

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    This cheat sheet is the aftermath of hours upon hours of research on all of the teams in this year’s tournament field. I’ve listed each teams’ win and loss record, their against the

  7. Glossary of Australian rules football - Wikipedia

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    Sausage roll: rhyming slang for goal, often shortened to "sausage" (also called a snag, from the Australian slang term for a sausage). Saw tooth: a team tactic of continually changing the direction of the ball as it advances down the field. Scoreboard pressure: to place pressure on an opposition team by scoring and opening up a significant lead ...

  8. Oxford "-er" - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford "-er", or often "-ers", is a colloquial and sometimes facetious suffix prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875, which is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. The term was defined by the lexicographer Eric Partridge in his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (several editions 1937–61).

  9. Detroit Slang - AOL

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    Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.