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A bit like people who get annoyed by the word soccer, an English word originally to distinguish Association Football (soccer) from Rugby Football (rugger) and o

A bit like people who get annoyed by the word soccer, an English word originally to distinguish Association Football (soccer) from Rugby Football (rugger) and other codes.

bearmode 4y ago
Worth noting that this word also has class connotations, in that only toffs at Oxford called it soccer. Working class people never did.
dylan604 4y ago
My new favorite piss take of this debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVKVTcfy2E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGVKVTcfy2E