| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc.[Websters] 2. Poor; mean.[Websters] 3. Being poor, shabby, shoddy, inferior or wretched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb footily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (footily) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective footy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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"Footy" is a common misspelling or typo for: footsy. |
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Date "Footy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1811. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Aussie Rules Footy | Aussie Rules Footy is a video game based on the Australian sport Australian rules football, for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Mattel in 1991, and released only in Australia. It was developed by Melbourne House under the name Beam Software. (references) | ||
| Footy tipping | Footy tipping is a competition where competitors try to predict the winning teams in the 8 games played each round during the AFL (Australian Football League) season. In order to eliminate draws, the competitors (or tippers as they are called) must also try to tip the winning margin in the first game of each round. (references) | ||
| Fox Footy | Fox Footy Channel is a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football, in particular the AFL. The channel was created after the Foxtel consortium won the rights to the AFL; formerly a key feature of Optus Vision programming. Thus Fox Footy Channel replaced the now defunct Sports AFL and C7 Sport as the home of Australian football on cable television. (references) | ||
| Rec Footy | The Carter Report titled “Investing in the Future of Australian Football (October 2001)”, identified segment gaps in Australian Football and its demographic reach. The research found that Australian Rules Football did not have a recreational version of the game to cater for the growing recreational participation market and hence, AFL Recreational Football was developed by the Australian Football League. (references) | ||
| The Footy Show | The Footy Show is an Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Footy despicable | Slang in 1811 | FOOTY DESPICABLE. A footy fellow, a despicable fellow; from the French foutue. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: FOOTY | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Fox Footy Channel | 20 | 9-a-side footy | 3 | |
| Metro footy | 15 | Aussie Rules Footy | 8 | |
| List of Australian Rules Rec Footy Competitions | 11 | Footy (model yacht) | 9 | |
| Rec footy | 10 | Footy Classified | 9 | |
| Footy (model yacht) | 9 | Footy Legends | 6 | |
| Footy Classified | 9 | Footy tipping | 5 | |
| Aussie Rules Footy | 8 | Fox Footy Channel | 20 | |
| Footy Legends | 6 | List of Australian Rules Rec Footy Competitions | 11 | |
| Footy tipping | 5 | Metro footy | 15 | |
| 9-a-side footy | 3 | Mini footy | 3 | |
| Talking Footy | 3 | Rec footy | 10 | |
| Mini footy | 3 | Talking Footy | 3 | |
| The Footy Show | 2 | The Footy Show | 2 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | تافه (ridiculous, fractional, inconsiderable, paltry, petty), بال (threadbare, shabby, worn, decrepit, fossil), حقير (mean, vile, base, despicable, lowly). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | تافه (ridiculous, fractional, inconsiderable, paltry, petty), بال (threadbare, shabby, worn, decrepit, fossil), حقير (mean, vile, base, despicable, lowly). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | تافه (ridiculous, fractional, inconsiderable, paltry, petty), بال (threadbare, shabby, worn, decrepit, fossil), حقير (mean, vile, base, despicable, lowly). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | fotbal (soccer, football, socker, footy, soccers), kopaná (football, soccer, footy), jadan (bummer, deplorable, footy, lame, lousy). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Catalan | futbol (football, soccer, footie, footy). Additional references: Catalan, Spain, Andorra, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | fotbal (soccer, football, socker, footy, soccers), kopaná (football, soccer, footy), jadan (bummer, deplorable, footy, lame, lousy). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 褴褛的 (footy, scruffy, shabby, tattery, tatty), 无足轻重的 (footy, pimping), 保管很差的 (footy), 保管很差的倾卸台 (footy tipping). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 保管很差的 (footy), 襤褸的 (footy, shabby, tattery, tatty), 無足輕重的 (footy, pimping), 保管很差的傾卸台 (footy tipping). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | fotbal (soccer, football, socker, footy, soccers), kopaná (football, soccer, footy), jadan (bummer, deplorable, footy, lame, lousy). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | مستمند (poor, beadsman, footy), پست (abject, inferior, despicable, lowly, menial), پادار (footy, legged), داراى پا (footy), پايى (footy, pedal), داراي پا (footy). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | تافه (ridiculous, fractional, inconsiderable, paltry, petty), بال (threadbare, shabby, worn, decrepit, fossil), حقير (mean, vile, base, despicable, lowly). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 足だ (footsy, footy, pawful). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | مستمند (poor, beadsman, footy), پست (abject, inferior, despicable, lowly, menial), پادار (footy, legged), داراى پا (footy), پايى (footy, pedal), داراي پا (footy). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | مستمند (poor, beadsman, footy), پست (abject, inferior, despicable, lowly, menial), پادار (footy, legged), داراى پا (footy), پايى (footy, pedal), داراي پا (footy). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | مستمند (poor, beadsman, footy), پست (abject, inferior, despicable, lowly, menial), پادار (footy, legged), داراى پا (footy), پايى (footy, pedal), داراي پا (footy). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, footy. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “footy” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | fathagootyathag (footy). Additional references: Athag, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | fagootyag (footy). Additional references: Double Dutch, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | |?#00-|-y (footy). Additional references: Leet, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | fopootyop (footy). Additional references: Oppish, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | ootyfay (footy). Additional references: Pig Latin, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | futbol (footy). Additional references: Terran B, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | fubootyub (footy). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, footy. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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