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

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yogi v. Yogi-ing—v. in the words of the lama in Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim’”encouraging the charitable to attain merit.” Usually in the form of a meal, ride or gear. [English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 24, 2006)

yoging n. Amey Mathews of Santa Cruz has been practicing yoga since 1994. She teaches it, too. In fact, Amey puts in lots of hours “yoging” (as she calls it), and it makes her very hungry. [English Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (May. 12, 2008)

zone dog n. Instead of blitzing with man-to-man coverage behind it, LeBeau developed a way to pressure the quarterback by having a variety of players blitz from different angles to produce favorable matchups while backing it up with zone coverage. The technique, known as “fire zones” or “zone dogs,” now is used as a base pressure scheme by about a third of the teams in the league. [English Football Sports & Recreation Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 11, 2006)

zoo-bombing n. A daring Portland ritual sent one woman to the hospital earlier this week and brought attention to a fad often referred to as “zoo bombing.” Zoo bombing is when cyclists barrel down a hill as fast as they can, like the hill below the Oregon Zoo, or—even more risky—the highway that runs from the zoo to the edge of downtown Portland. [Oregon English Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 8, 2006)

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