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In 2002, the word "metatarsal" suddenly entered the mainstream, such was the focus on David Beckham's broken foot. Four years later, the wives and girlfriends' ostentatious stint in Baden-Baden, Germany, brought the nickname Wag into common parlance.
7 H9 f9 v( d5 V1 | Adrian Beard, author of the Language of Sport, says certain words tend to catch on because of cultural repetition and "playfulness" with language.
L, ^# r* o1 v* P8 f" q/ ]8 x "The interesting thing about metatarsal is we had a specialist medical term being applied to a highly non-medical group of people. It got to the stage where Rooney and Beckham were almost defined by the term," he says.9 w1 [! u% s* G7 f
It's hard to predict which words will spring from the South African tournament as language reacts to, rather than sets, the agenda.
( z% W0 Y- V$ D ~ "It will probably emerge - in terms of England coverage - from key figures in the team, who they are playing and where they are playing. But sometimes we get quite a creative blend of words. Because the World Cup is in South Africa, words from Afrikaans might come into play too."
6 @# X# b, I. D+ t But there is a huge repertoire for play, and not just with language.
2 X5 ^' ?0 a2 \: M: J. O "After all, who could predict the Mexican wave in 1986 or Johan Cruyff's famous turn in 1974?" |