American football. As opposed to football/soccer, where players actually kick a ball with their feet, american football involves players carrying an egg-shaped object in their hands.
by Pat E Cakes February 8, 2009
by ih8footy June 16, 2023
A term used by foreign assholes (most commonly british) to describe american football. It is usually used to argue the games name (FOOTBALL) because apparently it requires a greater use of the hands than the foot, and the ball supposedly resembles an egg. You know, kinda like another form of football that was coincidentally invented by the Brits: RUGBY.
Dumb retard: Those bloody yanks need to rename their game to Handegg, it doesn't even require the foot and the ball looks like an egg!
Logical individual: Kinda like how rugby football looks like a giant egg and all the players run around with it in their grasp?
Logical individual: Kinda like how rugby football looks like a giant egg and all the players run around with it in their grasp?
by Mr Steel Biscuits November 21, 2012
A name the British use instead of American football, due to the fact the ball in question is egg shaped, so it isn't a ball and most aspects of the game are hand-based. It is also quite similar to the English invention Rugby (named because of the town it originated in) except all the players are heavily padded, can pass forward, and every time a player gets taken down, play stops, whilst in Rugby, almost every opposition player can pile on top of another opposition player, and the play will continue as soon as the ball is passed. Football is a game when a spherical ball is passed around by the foot and shot forcefully into a goal protected by a goalkeeper. The use of hands for outfield players and goalkeepers that are not in the box in football (or soccer to Americans) is strictly forbidden.
The truth is that American football doesn't make sense, and the name "Soccer" doesn't make sense either, seen as the name is actually originally an abbreviation of the FA (Football As(soc)iation), not another word for the actual beautiful game.
The truth is that American football doesn't make sense, and the name "Soccer" doesn't make sense either, seen as the name is actually originally an abbreviation of the FA (Football As(soc)iation), not another word for the actual beautiful game.
Complete and utter fucktard: Kinda like how rugby football looks like a giant egg and all the players run around with it in their grasp?
Logical individual: Actually, it is just called "Rugby", not "rugby football", as the American dickheads tried to alienate to try to deviate it from the inferior sport of Handegg and the Rugby name makes sense as the game of Rugby was invented in the small village town of RUGBY, only a couple of miles from the English cities of Coventry and Birmingham. It was invented by a boy named William Webb Ellis, who, in 1823, instead of playing football, picked up the ball and ran with it. He was disciplined for this, however, in a few short weeks, throughout the school, the new mutant sport had become very popular, and only a month had passed before all the rules were created for it. Thanks to the media, the sport then spread to almost every school in Rugby, and then to all schools in the Midlands county. Children loved how the brutality of the sport was part of the game. Soon it had become so popular Webb Ellis and a few other colleagues came up with the first Rugby Club, which, just like football, became a springboard for other Rugby clubs, in which the Rugby Union was invented and has been played ever since.
Now how is that for logical???
Logical individual: Actually, it is just called "Rugby", not "rugby football", as the American dickheads tried to alienate to try to deviate it from the inferior sport of Handegg and the Rugby name makes sense as the game of Rugby was invented in the small village town of RUGBY, only a couple of miles from the English cities of Coventry and Birmingham. It was invented by a boy named William Webb Ellis, who, in 1823, instead of playing football, picked up the ball and ran with it. He was disciplined for this, however, in a few short weeks, throughout the school, the new mutant sport had become very popular, and only a month had passed before all the rules were created for it. Thanks to the media, the sport then spread to almost every school in Rugby, and then to all schools in the Midlands county. Children loved how the brutality of the sport was part of the game. Soon it had become so popular Webb Ellis and a few other colleagues came up with the first Rugby Club, which, just like football, became a springboard for other Rugby clubs, in which the Rugby Union was invented and has been played ever since.
Now how is that for logical???
by Cal1um January 26, 2013
A term frequently used by the British because they're upset that Americans call American football "football" and Association football "soccer".
Of course, few even know anything about the history of American football. In the beginning, the game was an amalgamation between two very popular British invented sports: Association football and Rugby football (yes, this is the proper term). In the very early stages of American football, the game consisted of constant tackling, blocking, fighting, etc. Unlike today, the players did not wear any helmets or pads, the ball had a spherical structure and was only allowed to be kicked (it was against the rules of the game to touch the ball with your hands). Since then, the game has evolved drastically, and people (British) are upset that the game is called football, so the name is challenged with the term "Handegg".
Whether the game make sense to you or not, "Football" is what Americans call their sport, and "Soccer" is what they call Association football. No one has the right to criticize the Americans for calling it "soccer", for it was the British who invented the term in the 1880s. Of course, it isn't just the Americans who use the term, Canadians, Australians, and the Irish have all been known to use it as well. Ironically enough, they all have their own form of football also: Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football.
Of course, few even know anything about the history of American football. In the beginning, the game was an amalgamation between two very popular British invented sports: Association football and Rugby football (yes, this is the proper term). In the very early stages of American football, the game consisted of constant tackling, blocking, fighting, etc. Unlike today, the players did not wear any helmets or pads, the ball had a spherical structure and was only allowed to be kicked (it was against the rules of the game to touch the ball with your hands). Since then, the game has evolved drastically, and people (British) are upset that the game is called football, so the name is challenged with the term "Handegg".
Whether the game make sense to you or not, "Football" is what Americans call their sport, and "Soccer" is what they call Association football. No one has the right to criticize the Americans for calling it "soccer", for it was the British who invented the term in the 1880s. Of course, it isn't just the Americans who use the term, Canadians, Australians, and the Irish have all been known to use it as well. Ironically enough, they all have their own form of football also: Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football.
Complete and utter fucktard: Handegg doesn't make sense, and the name "Soccer" doesn't make sense eith-
Logical individual: Blah, blah, blah, blah! It was you Brits who invented the term anyway, so shut the fuck up! Hate to break it to you, but there are many forms of football, American football being one of them. Americans call their game "football", DEAL WITH IT! Quit being an irrational piece of shit, and start being tolerant of other culture's ways. Americans never came bitching to you about the name of your sports.
Logical individual: Blah, blah, blah, blah! It was you Brits who invented the term anyway, so shut the fuck up! Hate to break it to you, but there are many forms of football, American football being one of them. Americans call their game "football", DEAL WITH IT! Quit being an irrational piece of shit, and start being tolerant of other culture's ways. Americans never came bitching to you about the name of your sports.
by Cal1um is a POS May 12, 2013
Another word for "American football" err I mean "FOOTBALL." Usually used by retards who don't know basic English.
Retarded person: "I think football should be renamed handegg."
Non-retarded person: "Why?"
Retarded person: "Because they used their hands and its an egg, DUH!"
Non-retarded person: "Are you retarded or something? Its called football because its played on foot, and we played it on foot. Besides we do use our foot, it's called a kickoff and an extra point and a field goal and a punt. Do your friggin research before making people think you're a retard. Wait a minute, YOU ARE!"
Non-retarded person: "Why?"
Retarded person: "Because they used their hands and its an egg, DUH!"
Non-retarded person: "Are you retarded or something? Its called football because its played on foot, and we played it on foot. Besides we do use our foot, it's called a kickoff and an extra point and a field goal and a punt. Do your friggin research before making people think you're a retard. Wait a minute, YOU ARE!"
by Counterblitzkrieg December 8, 2010
A one-off match between the champions of the two parallel divisions in the American sport of handegg. In similar vein to the FA Charity Shield during the early 20th century, where it was played between the north and south champions. Clad full of ad breaks during the match, which do put Europeans and other civilised people off from watching the event.
by JizzySpunkbubbles February 6, 2012