handegg
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From hand + egg, by deliberate contrast to football, emphasizing the use of the hands and an elongated rather than round ball.
[edit] Noun
handegg (countable and uncountable; plural handeggs)
- (slang, uncountable) A humorous term for the game of American football, or for football codes other than association football.
- 2002 June 8, "p/g" (username), "Why does Arafat still draw breath?", in alt.music.rush:
- Yes, but would anyone show up for a game of handegg?
- 2011 February 1, "FileServe FileSonic XXX" (username), "Innocent High - Jynx Maze XXX - 303 MB", worlds_sexiest_women:
- When I get there he waswatching handegg. Im not into that hand egg shit so we got into a heatedargument on which was better.
- 2011 February 8, "RVG" (username), "french pride", in fr.soc.politique:
- You're wrong, kids all around the world play football, it just takes a ball and a pair of sneakers, whereas handegg requires a full body armour.
- 2002 June 8, "p/g" (username), "Why does Arafat still draw breath?", in alt.music.rush:
[edit] Quotations
- 1909 - w:The New York Times Letter to the Editor, November 9, 1909
- Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called "hand-egg".
