Tips For
Searching:
- Search terms in any box
can be entered as whole words or phrases (e.g. football ; go for the
jugular) or as partial words/phrases (e.g. foot ; go) - the latter will
also find any other words beginning with foot or containing go.
- You can enter a search term in one, or in several
boxes: attempt only simple search terms in one box to begin with, once you
become familiar with the database entries try to use more search boxes.
- A lot of the terms in the dictionary are for
everyday use, enjoy the definitions of them, but also take note of the
etymology, there are some interesting pieces of information about the
history of the game and the Leicester team itself (in some cases that even
a lot of the players don't know about!) For instance, the etymology for
the word 'Boom', a common phrase used by commentators, spectators and
players of American Football, dates back to 1979 when John Madden starting
commentating on televised games.
- The citation box in the any definition will give
you an example of how any of the words or phrases contained in this
dictionary are used. For example, for the phrase 'Get Some', the citation
is 'Go out there and get some!'
- The only abbreviations used in this dictionary are
OED, which refers to the Oxford English Dictionary, and grammatical
information: Noun = n; Verb = v (Transitive = tr; Intransitive = intr);
Adverb = adv; Verb Phrase = vphr; Noun Phrase = nphr; Interjection =
interj.
- The 'Keywords' field may seem confusing, but it's
really simple, just follow this link to the list of KEYWORDS.
- Hold your cursor over links for ideas on words to
search the dictionary for; try this
one.
- Try not to be surprised by definitions of offensive
words and phrases! This is a male-dominated sport in Leicester and as such
some terms can be crude, derogatory or just plain offensive, potentially
to everyone and anyone!
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