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词汇 wogball
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Definition of wogball in English:

wogball

nounˈwɒɡbɔːl
mass nounAustralian derogatory, informal
  • Soccer.

    he's an example of the true blue Aussie who thinks wogball has no place in Australia
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wogball can claim the proud mantle of the sport that invented the hooligan - or at least reinvented it after the decline and fall of chariot-racing.
    • I've been following "wogball" in this country for over 30 years and I've never seen anything like it in the mainstream media.
    • These "tribes" of traditional "old soccer" or wogball supporters are proving a wee bit difficult to pacify and win over to the cause of "new football".
    • Keep the beer flowing when wogball's on the telly.
    • Back in the days when it was legal to set off fireworks in your backyard, there were plenty of Australians who scoffed at "wogball."
    • There are a few positives in Wogball, and it's only fair to identify them
    • My first great sporting achievements were as part of a game that in the 70s, especially in country towns, was maligned as "wog ball", and I was often teased about it.
    • A lot of Anglo folks saw soccer as 'wogball' because it was followed by European people.
    • Unused to, and uninterested in, soccer for the other three years and nine months of the quadrennium, Australian journalists suddenly discover a passion for and knowledge of the finer points of Wogball.
    • For a start, wogball isn't 'The World Game'.

Origin

1970s: from wog1 (in the Australian sense of 'a foreigner or immigrant') + ball1.

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