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of 27 February 1906, the Trinity College correspondent reported that "Our First Togger bumped Pembroke on Thursday, New College II on Saturday, Brasenose on Monday, Exeter on Tuesday. The Second Togger bumped Wadham on Thursday, Keble II on Friday, and St. Catherine's on Monday. We wish them
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was known to British soldiers as "Wipers" (and this is still often used by the town's inhabitants if speaking English). This had some hallmarks of an "-er" coinage and the form would have been familiar to many young officers, but "Wipers" was essentially an attempt to anglicize a name
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sound is usually spelled "-a" rather than "-er") is found in names containing a pronounced "r", e.g., "Darren", "Barry", etc. where in addition to the "-er", the "r"-sound is replaced by a "zz" so one gets "Dazza" from "Darren", "Bazza" from "Barry".
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hard "cc/ck"). In this context, he suggested that "baccy", because of the "cc" in "tobacco", was "more acceptable than soccer" (there being no "cc" in "Association"). "Socker" was the form that appeared in the first edition of the
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people hold to have been derived from actually being slang itself, a cruel victim of the Oxford "er". The original word "bant" refers to a drinking toll exacted on those passing from the main quadrangle of
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to its secondary Radcliffe "quad" between the hours of 7 and 10 PM, The tollgate itself being the entrance to a shared student room, and the toll being the rapid consumption of an alcoholic beverage.
307:(1945), Oxford undergraduate Anthony Blanche claims that "I was lunching with my p-p-preposterous tutor. He thought it very odd my leaving when I did. I told him I had to change for f-f-footer." 616:(i.e. "yummy") was applied to "another lovely cake sent in by one of our listeners". Blowers (Henry Blofeld) has continued the tradition, referring on one occasion to a particular stroke as 2677: 343:") may appear to be an example, but as a word meaning excellent person or thing, existed from the early 18th century. Both "top hat" and "topper" as synonymous terms date from 3138: 124: 376:(one pound note), though this was always less prevalent than the higher denominations and is virtually obsolete following the introduction of the pound coin in 1983. 331:
Typically such words are formed by abbreviating or altering the original word and adding "-er". Words to which "-er" is simply suffixed to provide a word with a
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in 1927, recalled that "Rugby football ... in those days, I think, was never called anything but rugger unless it were just football". Around the same time the
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As late as 1972 the retired headmaster of a Hertfordshire grammar school recalled "the footer" (by which he meant rugby) having had a poor season in 1953–54.
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The Wipers Times: A facsimile reprint of the trench magazines: The Wipers Times-The New Church Times-The Kemmel Times-The Somme Times-The B.E.F. Times,
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is probably derived from "cracked" and ultimately from "crazy"; Partridge cited "get the crackers" as a late 19th-century slang for "to go mad".
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was asked at breakfast if he was playing rugger "No" he replied "I'm playing soccer" (Granville, 1969, p. 29). But Ekblom opines that, like the
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in rowing was in use at both Oxford and Cambridge from about the turn of the 20th century and may have arisen first at
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At Cambridge University, cleaning staff who change bed linen and towels in college rooms are referred to as
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aside, by the mid-20th century the "-er" was being replaced by snappier nicknames. Thus, in the stories of
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and is most likely an "-er" coinage derived from "bonk" (in the sense of a blow to the head). Similarly,
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The late 20th century form, probably Australian in origin, that gave rise to such nicknames as "Bazza" (
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was undergraduate slang for bonfire (c. 1890s), possibly, as Partridge suggests, an allusion to Bishop
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published a cartoon of Johnston arriving at the gates of heaven with the greeting "Morning,
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Martyrs' Memorial ("Maggers Memoggers") at the south end of St Giles' (the "Giler"), Oxford
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being asked whether he was fond of rugger, to which he replied "I don't think I know him".
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in South West London, used for major Rugby Union fixtures, including the annual Oxford
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Words like "rotter" (a disagreeable person, after "rotten") are somewhere in between.
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reported that "W. Neilson was elected captain of 'rugger' and T. N. Perkins of 'socker
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of London (c. 1500–1569) who was involved in the burning of alleged heretics under
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addressed her husband, Prince Charles, as "Chazza", while he referred to her as
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having been referred to in the press as "Lady Macca" (or sometimes "Mucca"). In
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or spoof writers and especially with reference to his educational background (
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was known as "Brackers". Tim Wonnacott also used this form with reference to
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Eights races held in early Spring, and for the crews that rowed in them. In
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from about 1875, which is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of
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referred to divinity as a subject of study, as, for example, when
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in preference to "soccer" to emphasise its correct pronunciation (
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is an inter-collegiate sporting competition, derived from "cup".
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Balderdash and Piffle: One sandwich short of a dog's dinner
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because of his bulging eyes (presumably an allusion to the
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Handbook of sports medicine and science. Football (soccer)
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by saying "graggers on your teamer" to the selected boy.
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The common abbreviation "bant" is an archaism - the word
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Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, op. cit.
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and journalist Frank Keating has referred to the annual
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expert James Braxton (owner of Edgar Horns Auctioneers,
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cartoon by McLachlan, reproduced in the 2007 edition of
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and others is another variant, McCartney's former wife
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and great-great-grandfather of novelist and socialite
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Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, vol. lvii
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Following his death in 1994, the satirical magazine
1060:(1826-1913), father of politician and diplomat Sir 577:as that of commentator and cricketing journalist, 2994:Love from Boy: Roald Dahl's Letters to his Mother 1761:is largely anecdotal, as it is in respect of the 1554:, referred to "proper boiled eggs for breakker". 924:From the 1960s and subsequently, Elanwy Jones of 776:: applied occasionally to British Prime Minister 441:A common extension of the "-er" (though here the 243:, "footer in the rain a very real grievance" at 2094:Ekblom mentions that while he was up at Oxford, 858:: former Sunderland AFC local radio commentator 569:. The programme's producer, Peter Baxter, cited 456:The "-er" form was famously used on BBC radio's 1044:is often referred to as Rodders by his brother 1016:for Rodney, as in the BBC radio comedy series, 2339: 2337: 2335: 2011:) has some similarities to the Oxford "-er". " 1004:: the Surrey (and former Middlesex) cricketer 125:Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English 1909:(1929–34) the captain of a sport would award 1802:The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1026:, playing the part of Charles, addressed his 689:, among others, later adopted the "-er" form; 8: 518:). The habit extended to cricketers such as 118:. The term was defined by the lexicographer 1931:(b. 1965), Dudley Dursley was addressed as 1100:(1936–2003), TV scriptwriter and author of 408:during the First World War, Captain Edmund 106:", is a colloquial and sometimes facetious 2102:rugby story, it is most likely apocryphal. 725:) during the 2008 series of the programme. 506:, known also as "the Bearded Wonder") and 490:(who was known in Australia as "Blofly"), 239:noted that, for his thirteen-year-old son 2916:For example, in North London in the 1980s 1208:"-er" forms of Oxford locations include: 846:saying, "Polish these , Cleggers, old son 637:: Lancashire and England cricket captain 69:Learn how and when to remove this message 628:Other "-er"s as personal names include: 3139:Terminology of the University of Oxford 2380:John, Andrew and Stephen Blake (2004). 2053: 1518:, the inter-war principal of Brasenose. 553:when he made occasional appearances on 2447:Doherty-Cove, Jody (28 October 2018). 1084:, cricket correspondent of the London 972:referred to British Defence Secretary 2824:Decca: the Letters of Jessica Mitford 2133:. London: Vinton. 1892. p. 198. 1653:There are few "-ers" in the books of 1329:, which has also been referred to as 1170:: former British Government Minister 136:The "-er" gave rise to such words as 7: 2165:A Dictionary of Modern English Usage 1673:(this, of course, was Mr Howliss)" ( 1138:Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon 968:of 1982 Conservative MP and diarist 404:, 1988), a comedy series set in the 2686:. 15 September 2010. Archived from 1796:, for the former British colony of 988:, probably originally referring to 984:: various holders of the title of 2722:"Journalist Wooldridge dies at 75" 2538:Beaumont, Mark (7 February 2008). 1869:, particularly by visitors to the 1765:held since 1949 in the grounds of 1124:: Middlesex and England cricketer 649:: former England football captain 14: 1570:: "They like champers up north". 1564:) occurs frequently, often spelt 1156:(1943–2005), her co-presenter of 701:referred to the explorer Colonel 424:) occasionally addressed Private 2281:Elizabethan Headmaster 1930–1961 1148:: used privately by broadcaster 1112:: the Oxford nickname of writer 1034:): "Absolutely dolly, Rodders". 976:(b. 1932) as "poor old Notters"; 681:: as an undergraduate, the poet 545:, whose most usual nickname was 294:before appearing in book form. 23: 2783:One example from the College's 2167:, 1926. See also Susie Dent on 2565:Quoted in Andy McSmith (2010) 2513:Quoted in A. N. Wilson (2006) 2151:1893 Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 5/3. 1552:Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire 1418:for the University Police, or 1: 2382:Cricket—it's a funny old game 2171:, Channel 4 TV, 30 June 2009. 1952:(stark naked). The origin of 1325:: memorial, particularly the 1204:University and City locations 549:, was sometimes addressed as 539:Hampshire County Cricket Club 2579:Playfair Cricket Annual 2007 2036:Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall 1056:: the Yorkshire squire, Sir 282:(A & C Black, 1907) and 258:makes several references to 128:(several editions 1937–61). 2872:Murray Hedgcock (ed, 1997) 2270:. Retrieved 17 August 2023. 2249:. Retrieved 17 August 2023. 2228:. Retrieved 17 August 2023. 2078:. Wiley-Blackwell. p.  928:was known to her circle as 466:(1912–94). 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