The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 1 年前I'm afraid we've been bamboozledlemmy.worldimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up11.36Karrow-down127
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minus-squareBigBananaDealer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 年前apparently its short for association football
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 年前The term football used to apply to any ball sport played on foot (as apposed to on horseback). The idea that it could only belong to soccer is actually quite arrogant.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 年前Yep! It was to distinguish Association Football (“Soccer”) from Rugby Union Football (“Rugger”). I suppose we should use “Gridder” for North American “Gridiron Football”.
apparently its short for association football
The term football used to apply to any ball sport played on foot (as apposed to on horseback). The idea that it could only belong to soccer is actually quite arrogant.
Yep! It was to distinguish Association Football (“Soccer”) from Rugby Union Football (“Rugger”).
I suppose we should use “Gridder” for North American “Gridiron Football”.
Why not assfoot?
i think assball sounds funnier