A term with different default referents depending on geography.
After a JV stint, former hockey player Niko Vahmistrovs powers up for St. Charles East. ‘It was a good thing.’
Few know that the term “uncle” actually originated with hockey and was later applied to your parent’s brother because of how he has the vibes of a failed hockey player
A term with different default referents depending on geography. In North America, a hockey player is assumed to be an ice hockey player unless specified otherwise. In Britain and much of the rest of the world, it typically means a field hockey player. The ambiguity reflects the different dominance of the two sports in each region.
She's been a hockey player since she was six, starting on the school field hockey team.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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I can't believe how silly and carefree he appears in real life after playing such a serious hockey player.
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(British) A field hockey player.
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(North America) An ice hockey player.
“After a JV stint, former hockey player Niko Vahmistrovs powers up for St. Charles East. ‘It was a good thing.’”
“Few know that the term “uncle” actually originated with hockey and was later applied to your parent’s brother because of how he has the vibes of a failed hockey player”
“I can't believe how silly and carefree he appears in real life after playing such a serious hockey player.”
“Any hockey player saying "uncle" would immediately be banned from the league and tar and feathered by Winnipeg wine moms.....”
“After a JV stint, former hockey player Niko Vahmistrovs powers up for St. Charles East. ‘It was a good thing.’”
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