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soccer colloq.|ˈsɒkə(r)|
Also socca, socker.
[f. Assoc., short for Association. Cf. rugger2.]
The game of football as played under Association rules. Also attrib. and Comb. Hence ˈsoccerite, a player of soccer.
1889E. C. Dowson Let. 21 Feb. (1967) 38, I absolutely decline to see socca' matches. 1891Lock to Lock Times 24 Oct. 13/2 A sterling player, and has the best interest of the ‘socker’ game at heart. 1894Westm. Gaz. 11 Jan. 7/1 The rival attractions of ‘rugger’ and ‘socker’. 189519th Cent. Nov. 862 When the boat⁓race, sports, and ‘soccer’ are in most men's minds. 1899New Cent. Rev. V. 118 A Methodist minister—who..doffed the Socker jersey. 1916Blancroft & Pulvemacher Handbk. Athletic Games (1922) 429 Soccer football, as it is called in America, is the English Association Football. 1924H. de Selincourt Cricket Match iv. 83 However any sane person could prefer soccer to cricket the good little Horace totally failed to comprehend. 1935Punch 24 Apr. 476/2 No one more thoroughly qualified to write the history of ‘soccer’..can be imagined. 1945Gen 13 Jan. 30/1 Many Soccerites..took to Rugby. 1951R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 69 My father had founded the Technical College, a ‘soccerite’ school. 1951Sport 7–13 Jan. 9/1 We had the F.A. scheme to bring the big professional clubs and the soccer-playing schools into closer contact. 1971L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports xii. 193 All you need to play soccer is a ball, a field and players. 1976Field 18 Nov. 989/2 They roar around, fighting and frolicking beneath like soccer hooligans. 1978P. Marsh et al. Rules of Disorder iv. 97 The soccer terraces offer..a chance to escape from the dreariness of the weekday world.
▸ soccer mom n. (also soccer mum) orig. and chiefly U.S. a mother whose child or children play soccer; (in later use, chiefly) spec. a suburban American mother who spends much time transporting her children to athletic events, or otherwise supporting her children's activities; esp. any such woman viewed as a member of a particular (usually influential) class of voter, consumer, etc.
1973Argus (Fremont, Calif.) 21 Sept. 4/1 (signature of letter) Soccer is ideal for them as everyone participates and six is not too young to learn the game. You should see my son play—he is a tiger. *Soccer Mom, Fremont. 1982Morning Union (Springfield, Mass.) 14 Oct. 11/4 The Soccer Moms and the boys and girls raise $5,000 to $8,000 annually through door-to-door sales of candy. 2003Economist (Electronic ed.) 5 July Swing voters like suburban soccer moms tend to object to abortion being banned. |