aerial ping pong

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Australian rules football

1965: 'Australian Rules draws bigger crowds in Melbourne than Rugby in Sydney.' 'What?' Sydney Sam would say, 'that's not football, mate, it's aerial ping-pong.' — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker page 43, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, 1985, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.

Australian slang for Australian Rules Football
aerial ping pong

    Hyphenation

    ae·ri·al ping pong

    Turkish pronunciation

    eriıl pîng pông

    Pronunciation

    /ˈerēəl ˈpəɴɢ ˈpôɴɢ/ /ˈɛriːəl ˈpɪŋ ˈpɔːŋ/

    Etymology

    () A reference to the football going up and down the ground by long high kicks. (Reference: at the Australian National University).
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