handegg

== English == === Alternative forms === hand-egg === Etymology === From hand +‎ egg. The jocular implication is that the name football ought to denote using the foot to propel a ball-shaped [i.e. spherical] object, which is the usual case for soccer, as opposed to using the hand to propel an egg-shaped [i.e. spheroid] object. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhændɛɡ/ Rhymes: -ɛɡ === Noun === handegg (countable and uncountable, plural handeggs) (slang, uncountable, humorous) Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties). 1909 November 9, letter to the editor, in The New York Times: Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”. 2011 February 1, "FileServe FileSonic XXX" (username), "Innocent High - Jynx Maze XXX - 303 MB", worlds_sexiest_women: When I get there he was watching handegg. I’m not into that hand egg shit so we got into a heated argument on which was better. 2011 February 8, "RVG" (username), "french pride", in fr.soc.politique: You're wrong, kids all around the world play football, it just takes a ball and a pair of sneakers, whereas handegg requires a full body armour. (slang, countable, humorous) The ball used to play such a game. ==== Derived terms ==== American handegg