| 1. | Anna Kournikova | ||
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For several years, the most famous Russian sportsperson for her exploits (or lack thereof) on the tennis courts. In fact, she earned far more money through advertising deals due to being extraordinarily sexy indeed and looking good advertising sports bras and having FHM shoots than anything she did on court. Mainly as she, famously, never won a single tournament but regularly packed the courts at Wimbledon when playing, before retiring at the age of 23.
The success of Maria Sharapova, fit and a good player with a Wimbledon victory aged 19 in 2004 ended comparisons very quickly indeed. "Come on Anna!" - The average Wimbledon spectator, either showing his support of projecting his sexual fantasy. Probably both.
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| 2. | Henno | ||
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Australian slang to describe a sportsperson of poor quality prone to making mistakes in the field of play. Can also defined to describe a "useless hack" or a "dud"
Originates from Essendon Aussie Rules player Aaron Henneman who is regarded as the worst player in the AFL Football League. Commonly used derivative is "Hennohack" Oh no! He's done a Henno!
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| 3. | juddy | ||
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Extremely gifted sportsperson in their chosen sport. Unmatched in skill, class and athletism. "Man, Muhammad Ali was the juddy of boxing"
"Dad when i grow up, i wanna be the juddy of Football" |
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| 4. | celeb | ||
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Someone who you never heard of 5 years ago and who nobody younger will have heard of 5 years from now. "I am so old, I can remember when Robin Hood was a celeb."
"When I grow up, I want to stop being a celeb." |
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| 5. | puntabanta | ||
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Noun. A spoken stock phrase or phrases uttered by a sports commentator or sportsperson in order to fill broadcast airtime rather than to illuminate the viewer/listener with useful facts or analysis; particularly prevalent in UK soccer commentary. Puntabanta is frequently obvious, redundant, tautological, absurdist, or a combination of these. "At the end of the day, at this level, it's a game of two halves."
"Certainly if they had scored more goals there is every chance they could have won." Puntabanta like this devalues the language and pollutes the intellect. |
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| 6. | Mickey Mantle | ||
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A great baseball player; a celebrity; a champion. Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 till 1968 and is one of the greatest baseball players in history. Mantle won the American League Most Valuable Player award three times (1956, 1957, 1962) and the Major League Triple Crown (1956). He was also a seven-time World Series champion. Mickey Mantle is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He could be the next Mickey Mantle.
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| 7. | Verity | ||
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One with the ability to pull whomever she wants, be it a girl, boy, even a famous sportsperson. Often found to have a large array of chat up lines, with her specialty being related to her ability to pole dance. Man, that girl is such a Verity, we've only just got here and she's already pulled the fittest guy!
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