COME MR. TALIFAN
With all the neologisms getting forged in the heat of the blogosphere, we thought we’d throw an iron in the fire:
TALIFAN: n. A fan whose zealotry for his team absorbs all personal frustrations, predjudices, and irrational hatreds into a single point of focus, the opponent, causing delusion even in the face of plain facts. Often commits inexcusable acts in the name of fandom, including fighting, egregious name-calling, and tossing bags of human excreta at opposing fans.
ex: Dude, those guys who pissed on us from the upper deck were real Talifans.
Why didn’t Rich Hall come up with this?
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tony says:
Uh. Winner?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2181284
October 5th, 2005 at 6:57 pm
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Kanu says:
Nice try, but not as big a winner as this guy:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/14/korea_suicide_rb/
Oh, by the way, it worked. South Korea beat favored Portugal, then heavyweights Italy(round of 16) and Spain(quarterfinal) to make it all the way to the semifinals. It took Germany to finally overcome playing against 12 men and knock them out.
October 5th, 2005 at 7:27 pm
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Brian says:
I think we need a glossary to denote things like this and prothrolled and hennebriated and Ron New Mexico and QED MFer. Anyone looking for a regular feature?
October 5th, 2005 at 7:57 pm
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Newspaper Hack says:
…tali-me national championship.
October 5th, 2005 at 10:05 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Kanu, we remember that guy setting himself on fire and talking about it with other members of Sam’s Army, 404 chapter. When we heard about it, the reaction was less “Wow, total lunatic,” than “Think that’ll work?”
October 6th, 2005 at 7:36 am
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thehakujin says:
“Reading the suicide note, it seems it was because of the World Cup. But we are not sure, so we will have to investigate,” the Pusan policeman told Reuters.
oh man.
October 6th, 2005 at 10:32 am
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Shane MacGowan's Teeth says:
Bloody yobs!
October 6th, 2005 at 11:49 am
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Shane MacGowan's Teeth says:
Our patron saint…
http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-film-feverpitch330×220.jpg
October 6th, 2005 at 11:51 am
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thehakujin says:
…. and…. I still have no idea what QEDMF means. I have a feeling that the Oedipus complex wraps up the end of it, but the beginning is beyond me.
October 6th, 2005 at 1:15 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Quod erat demonstrandum: Latin for “which was to be demonstrated.” Used at the end of geometric proofs.
October 6th, 2005 at 2:10 pm
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thehakujin says:
Well there ya’ have it… the last time I did Geometric proofs, I was … 15? Maybe 16?
The last time I placed Quod erat demonstrandum at the end of a geometric proof? Never.
October 6th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
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EDSBS » NEW VERBIAGE ALERT! says:
[...] 4. Talifan. [...]
October 19th, 2005 at 2:52 pm