A variation of badminton, in which players must try and pull of quashes to score against opponents. The challenge is to avoid "Pulling a Matt". Invented in 2007 to try and liven up the traditional rules of badminton. Other differences are that the birdie is only out if landing in the 'out' area of Quinn's (or his team's) side, the entire opposite side of the court is completely open. The scoring system of Quinnminton varies per game.
"Hey Pat, want to go play some Quinnminton!"
"Ok, just hope I don't pull a Matt!"
"Quash! Another point for us!"
"But it went out"
"Ya on YOUR side, so it doesn't matter....haven't you ever played Quinnminton?"
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)