Etymology

boy aquarium

Today it means: An ice hockey arena. Full definition →

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The story

boy + aquarium. From the look of an ice hockey stadium, where the playing surface is surrounded by glass, like a fish tank, and male ice hockey players being the boys contained in the aquarium, gliding around the ice like fish swimming in an aquarium.

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