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“Stopping the bus”, Jose Mourinho’s favorite expression enters the English language dictionary

“Stopping the bus”, Jose Mourinho’s favorite expression enters the English language dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the reference dictionary for the English language, has announced the addition of fifteen soccer-specific words, two months ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.

With three Premier Leagues, four League Cups, two Community Shields and one FA Cup, Jose Mourinho He can be proud of the achievement he achieved during his visit to England. But the Portuguese coach can now boast of making his mark on Shakespeare’s lexicon.

metaphor”Stop the bus“, which he used for the first time in 2004 to describe Tottenham’s defensive tactics against Chelsea, has entered the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the first English dictionary in England. Within two months of the World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18), the idea is to enrich the vocabulary specific to the round ball.

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Of the fifteen new entries, we observe “Rabona“, where “The bottom of the scarf“In French, it involves crossing one leg behind the other and kicking a ball,”Tiki Taka“, a term used to describe the possessive and repetitive game of small passes favored by the Spanish, or “Total footballIt represents the more attacking style of Ajax and the Dutch national team in the early 1970s. Let the edits begin!

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