Sports & Recreation Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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whoop de doo n. On the second day, we encountered 29 km of whoop-de-doos. For those unfamiliar with dirt bike vernacular, picture the harshest mogul run you’ve ever seen, lay it out horizontally, throw in some sand and you have whoops. It was amazingly invigorating. Whoops are best approached standing up, with you legs pumping like shock absorbers. Normally after a few hundred metres of this pounding, your legs turn to Jell-O. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop-de-do n. They will race about 100 yards before funneling into a tight turn, followed by five jumps, a water hazard, mud pit, several sand traps and dozens of “whoop-de-do” cross-grain ruts. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop-de-doo n. Another rider racing down the straight called the “L.I.E.” (after the Long Island Expressway) fails to negotiate the washboard bumps, or “whoop-do-dos,” as he should have and very nearly falls. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

whoop-de-doo n. It has a whoop-dee-doo…much to the delight of the city’s young bicycle riders. [English Automobiles & Transportation Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2007)

Winalot journalism n. For years any big “exclusive” stories about Rangers generally had Murray’s hand behind them. The sceptics in my business—the precious few, I might add—refer to it as “Winalot journalism,” likening it to pet dogs being plied with biscuits and pats on the head for good behaviour. [English United Kingdom Media Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jan. 18, 2008)

wobble n. And thus, the Wobbling Lions—the name comes from a “wobble,” the term for a group of unicyclists—formed. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2006)

wogging n. “If you regularly walk about 30 minutes most days of the week, you are ready to start wogging.” Wogging? It’s a silly word that means to combine walking and jogging, though not necessarily at the same time. The magazine’s six-week wogging plan resembles interval training with recommended workouts such as walking for three minutes, jogging for seven and repeating it twice. [English Sports & Recreation New or Nonce] [full cite] (Mar. 7, 2008)

woody n. The majority of local darts players prefer the American game, often called “baseball” or “woody.” Players throw wooden darts at a wooden board, taking turns shooting at spots one through nine to rack up to the largest score. [English Entertainment Pastimes & Hobbies Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 20, 2006)

woof it up v. phr. As for trash talk, sure, they’ll woof it up on the court. [ Language English Subject Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Oct. 28, 2005)

woof it up v. phr. They are kids who will have to get over some schoolyard disputes, such as Jefferson and Stephon Marbury woofing it up in last spring’s playoffs. [ Language English Subject Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Oct. 28, 2005)

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