Sports: Words One Should Know

Words One Should Know In Sports

by Alexander Lachlan McLintock (alexmc@biccdc.co.uk)
written 19 Aug 1994

This article is classified "Fictional"


Gleep - (n) The expression on a pole-vaulter's face as he comes down from
vaulting a very high bar without knocking it off.

Slobberchops - (n) The expression on a runner's face when caught by a slow
motion camera.  This is characterized by open mouths and waving cheeks.

Unlucky - (adj) Someone shot by the starter's pistol.

Murray - (vt) To murray someone is to cause them to lose a wheel, crash,
run out of petrol, or be over taken, simply by uttering the phrase "Surely
Nigel has won the race now" anytime before crossing the finishing line.

Twaddle - (n) The swaying movement of the buttocks in speed walking events.

See also:
  • McLintock, Alexander Lachlan
  • Formula 1, The World Of

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