A trick play formerly used in American football before it was banned. In a fumblerooski, the quarterback sets the ball on the ground after the snap, and leads defenders away. If successful, a single unnoticed lineman picks up the ball and barrels down the field.
This play has been banned in all levels of American football; last run in 1992, by the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the team largely responsible for its popularity.
1984 Orange Bowl, Nebraska v Miami: down 17-0, famous Nebraska coach and current congressman Tom Osborne called a successful fumblerooski in which a lineman rumbled 20 yards for a score, taking the defense and spectators completely by surprise.
1. (noun): Anyone carrying a drink, food item, etc., that seems to completely and randomly lose all motor coordination, whether engaged in conversation or not, thus spilling or dropping said item or items while their attempt to maintain motor coordination results in cartoonishly exaggerated movements thus making the situation severely worse for themselves and anyone with approximately one and a half multiple of “arms-length.”
(plural) Fumbledorves
2. (verb) to Fumbledorf, to have Fumbledorfed, to be Fumbledorfing
Often used as a descriptor for anyone who unintentionally creates a dramaticscene by failing to do something considered simple or mundane which results in unnecessary loss or damage to property.
A (walking with coffee): Good morning
B (walking without coffee): Hey, good morning, how was your weekend?
A: Oh, it was alright, (coffee mysteriously escapes clutches) I-ya-ah-Eeeee!