handegg

plural handeggs · alternative hand-egg

1. humorousslanguncountableAny of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; namely, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian, and rugby football (including league and union varieties).

   Yes, but would anyone show up for a game of handegg?

   2002 June 8, p/g, “Why does Arafat still draw breath?”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet)

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   Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”.

   1909 November 9, letter to the editor, in The New York Times

   When I get there he was watching handegg. I’m not into that hand egg shit so we got into a heated argument on which was better.

   2011 February 1, "FileServe FileSonic XXX" (username), "Innocent High - Jynx Maze XXX - 303 MB", worlds_sexiest_women

   You're wrong, kids all around the world play football, it just takes a ball and a pair of sneakers, whereas handegg requires a full body armour.

   2011 February 8, "RVG" (username), "french pride", in fr.soc.politique

2. countablehumorousslangThe ball used to play such a game.