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"We were hockeyed" - where does this phrase come from?
Is mise Duncan Started conversation Jul 12, 2000
Is the pharse "we were hockeyed" (to describe a substantial defeat) just a Dublin phrase or more geographically diverse? Also - where does it come from? The scoring in hockey is usually quite low...a phrase like "we were cricketted" might make more sense.
"We were hockeyed" - where does this phrase come from?
BuskingBob Posted Jul 12, 2000
The scoring in some country's cricket matches is probably about the same as some hockey games!
"We were hockeyed" - where does this phrase come from?
26199 Posted Jul 14, 2000
Can't say I've ever heard the phrase... (UK, North-west)
26199
"We were hockeyed" - where does this phrase come from?
Bruce Posted Jul 14, 2000
Knowing nothing about Irish hockey but having seen a few Aussie schoolgirl matches - perhaps it derives from the players habit of regulary trying to cripple/kneecap the opposition with their sticks 
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"We were hockeyed" - where does this phrase come from?
Mick & Hoppa Canuck Posted Jul 14, 2000
I've never heard the phrase before either, but I think Canadians get hockeyed at birth, right between the foot-print-taking and the shot of Vitamin K. Anyhow, I'd reckon it would refer less to the score than the style of play; sometimes you get beaten and sometimes you get BEATEN. I wonder if, in the NHL, you divided the number of stitches by the number of concussions the answer would be 42? Nah. Too many stitches.
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