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alligator arms n.pl. “Our goal is to hit a receiver so hard and so often they’ll catch the ball like an alligator. If you’ve ever seen an alligator, their arms are about three inches long. We want to hit a receiver enough to where he doesn’t want to reach very far or very often.”—Kevin Steele, secondary coach of No. 19 Tennessee. [English Body Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator arms n.pl. Curtis drops some short passes, but it is not a matter of him being unable to catch the ball over the middle or having alligator arms. It is just concentarion and the fact he is simply a better long receiver. [English Body Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alligator-arm n.pl. The Chargers sacked Jeff George six times, and, Harrison noted, “Tim Brown helped us out with a couple of alligator-arm catches.” Brown dropped several passes early in the game, and finished with just three catches for 18 yards. [English Football Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

alphabet title n. Four world champs may be confusing enough for some, but then we can add the WBU, IBO and IBA among others. The “lesser” belts such as the WBU and IBA are often referred to as alphabet titles and are not given much credence by the informed boxing fan but how on earth is a casual fan meant to know who is the best in each division? [English United Kingdom Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Feb. 13, 2008)

anhyzer n. Anhyzer: A disc’s flight arc, which falls in the same direction of the throwing arm. For a right-handed player a backhand anhyzer shot fades to the right, while a sidearm anhyzer fades to the left. [English United States Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 4, 2004)

apple turnover n. It took a slew of Pistons mistakes—the always colorful Rasheed Wallace referred to them as “apple turnovers”—in order for the Heat to escape with a close Game 2 win at home. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 29, 2005)

Arizona pinstripes n. But after a few ruts with one wheel 14 inches above the other and wicked thorns scraping new “Arizona pinstripes” in the finish, it’s clear that not even a sturdy Rent-a-Wreck can make this expedition without permanent damage. [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 14, 2006)

Army golf n. Woods played what is known as Army golf—left, right, left, right—in his second round. He was, if anything, even wilder yesterday than he had been on Thursday. [English Golf Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 19, 2006)

around-the-world n. The Blue Devils (10-2, 3-0 ACC) needed a risky, yet phenomenal, over-the-shoulder shot from junior midfielder Brad Ross to get past the Cavaliers 7-6 in sudden-death overtime. His goal, commonly called an “around-the-world,” provided players something to talk about after a sloppy, defensive struggle. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)

ass-out n. Getting the thing down is hard enough normally so when you are lying on your side and the spinnaker is flogging violently it becomes very difficult. We affectionately call the maneuver a “wipe-out’ or (excuse my French) an ass-out and its something that we know will happen probably a handful of times during a leg like this. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Mar. 3, 2006)

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