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Football Dictionary

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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Taken from the BBC Sport website:
 

abramovich n, cashpoint (Rus.)
barton n. A training routine, esp. in prison.
Barwick n, a ginger tache.
bergkamp n, holding area for the distressed at airports
bigron n, unthinking racial slur; any comment that hasn't been thought through
blatter v, to put forward an idea without thinking it through e.g. 'He blattered a bigron and everyone laughed him out of town'
cantona n, a poor actor; v, aloof, hoity-toity
Cantonese n, what a Cantona speaks; b******s.
Capello n, specialist school for rich reprobates.
cristiano n, hair-gel; a wink; the act of falling over unnecessarily.
dickov n, go away
FA n, Football Association; Faria Alam; eff-all.
fabregas n, portable fuel for caravans, etc.
fergie v. To embezzle extra amounts of time in order to complete a task; n, a hairdryer.
hansen adj, miserable; favouring negativity
hoddle v, saintly but misguided
keano n, a deliberate blow to the shin-bone
kingkev n, pointless return journey.
McClaren n, umbrella for wusses
makelele n, Scouse banjo
mancity n, in legend, a place of perpetual sorrows
maradona n, (Geordie) friend's kebab
mottie n, an obscure fact
rafa v. To rearrange needlessly.
ref n, cataract
rio adj, absent-minded; unable to urinate at a proscribed time.
rooney adj. impossible to look at, e.g 'that lady of the night is particularly rooney'
ronaldo n, a large beast with big teeth
ronaldinho n, like a ronaldo only smaller
ronaldinhoinho n, like a ronaldinho only even smaller.
savage n, a savage
schmeichel n, huge, semi-mythical Danish snowbeast, noted for red nose and ultrasonic roar
scudamore n, silly idea, prompted by financial gain.
seaman n, hairstyle induced by middle-age
sheva n, showy, overpriced, worthless trinket.
souness n, sourness (Sc.)
strachan n (Sc.) incomprehensible fire-sprite.
sven n, (onomatapoeic) the sound of silk undergarments being removed
toonarmy n, groundless optimism.
totti n, attractive women
venable n, extended period of leisure; v, to work in a tanning booth
wenger v, to feign missing an important incident, e.g., by being too far away or having one's view obscured by other things
zizou n, head-butt aimed at the chest

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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schmeichel n, huge, semi-mythical Danish snowbeast, noted for red nose and ultrasonic roar


Nix, Leyton Orient and Alloa Athletic supporting schmuck.

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 quality
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berkamp, and  ronaldinhodinho
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I like the 'venable' - working in a tanning booth.
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