tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post115013934895008092..comments2023-08-24T10:38:08.474-04:00Comments on Tales of the Cupcake Mafia: World Cup- It's Still Going On!Cupcakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12858264670638519885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1150251455011090662006-06-13T22:17:00.000-04:002006-06-13T22:17:00.000-04:00Assoc it to me baby.Assoc it to me baby.MCMCMCLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365717167513474371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1150144049989101892006-06-12T16:27:00.000-04:002006-06-12T16:27:00.000-04:00A) A further search on Charlie Brown turned this u...A) A further search on <A HREF="http://www.intothenet.org/hottopics/playthegame/object/?id=312" REL="nofollow">Charlie Brown</A> turned this up: "Charles and his fellow students at Oxford called breakfast 'brekker' and rugby 'rugger' Association Football was often shortened to Assoc. Football and Wreford Brown is believed to have thought up the word 'soccer' from Assoc. This word has stuck with Cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858264670638519885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1150141040520685362006-06-12T15:37:00.000-04:002006-06-12T15:37:00.000-04:00I love Assball.My etymology source had this: "socc...I love Assball.<BR/>My etymology source had this: "soccer 1889, socca, later socker (1891), soccer (1895), originally university slang, from a shortened form of Assoc., abbreviation of association in Football Association (as opposed to Rugby football); cf. rugger, but they hardly could have taken the first three letters of Assoc." From: http://www.etymonline.comBetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618328178283196044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11015590.post-1150139684734257162006-06-12T15:14:00.000-04:002006-06-12T15:14:00.000-04:00I've always though "assball" was a much better abb...I've always though "assball" was a much better abbreviation than "soccer".badly drawn boykinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664893116234530078noreply@blogger.com