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The Rugby Lexicon is back!
It's been a while, so let's dip into the game's greatest unwritten book for more definition-based piss taking.
martinjohnson (n) - a failure after great success. "Despite The Second Coming being a complete martinjohnson, The Stone Roses' did manage to secure their reputiation due to their eponymous first album." From, Loads of Dead Good Albums You Should Listen To, by Stuart Maconie
johnhayes (v) to have a long career, despite the person's obvious limitations "She may have had a stupid accent, ginger hair, a crap singing voice and massive teeth, but none of these things prevented Cilla Black from johnhayesing for almost fifty-years in showbusiness" Michael Aspel on Cilla's This Is Your Life
wales (v) to start slowly, ineffectually "I know he's renowned as a top author, but most of Stephen King's books really wales for the first ten chapters, particularly The Tommyknockers - and don't even get me started on The Stand" 'The Book Club', Radio 4, August 1994
haskell (n) an argument over something of very little importance "Whether John Terry should be England captain or not is a haskell compared to whether or not he should have cut his hair into that stupid mohawk." Fabio Capello, FA press conference.
haskell (v) to inflate one's own importance "Many players are gettting a bit fed up of Lawrence Dallaglio's haskelling in the press, given his form does not warrant a recall." A source in the England camp in the run-up to RWC 2007
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March 8, 2010 in Rugby Lexicon | Permalink
