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A group of crows is called a "murder of crows", and Ravens are similar to crows. Technically, a group of Ravens is referred to as an "unkindness of ravens". Purple Unkindness is a less catchy nickname. In addition, Ray Lewis, a longtime member of the Ravens, was implicated in a murder case during his playing career, possibly popularizing the ...
Go Cubs Go – An official team and victory song written by Steve Goodman in 1984 that becomes popular when Cubs are having success. The Loveable Losers [9] – Reference to team's ability to maintain a loyal fan base despite decades of failure to win the pennant. The Northsiders [10] – To differentiate from the South Side residing White Sox.
Women's teams in sports that have men's teams, most notably basketball, use "Lady Raiders". Texas Wesleyan Rams and Lady Rams; Texas Woman's Pioneers; TH-TI.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
When a team calls time out just before the kicker has the ball snapped. A team is limited to calling one time-out on any given play (thus a team cannot repeatedly call all of its time-outs to prevent the game from continuing, or else a delay of game penalty or, more rarely, a palpably unfair act penalty is imposed). It is thought that kickers ...
The Madmen are a group of gangsters and enemies of Blue Beetle who wear colorful costumes and facepaint. The group's leader, Fleeter, later gains the ability to control others via touch. In Infinite Crisis, the Madmen join Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains before Wild Dog, Crimson Avenger, and Vigilante kill most of them. [33]
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...