Saturday 31 May 2014

Extream

Extream: noun. A team which has reached a high or the highest degree. In sports and especially in sports reporting and sports journalism, the term extream is used to identify teams, which are currently on top of the rankings or leading the season/league. The term was first coined by legendary sports commentator John Motson after he misspoke while commentating a football match and instead of correcting his mistake decide to play along and coin the term. The term became so popular that in the 1980's it was the fourth most popular word in a man's vocabulary, right after "beer", "damn" and "what". To this day it remains the most popular word spoken in a football stadium.

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