2014 World Cup
Definition
The 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil from June 12 to July 13, 2014, notable for being a major international football tournament won by Germany.
A period in mid-2014 characterized by widespread chronic football fever, questionable national productivity levels, and the collective global trauma of seeing Brazil lose 7-1 to Germany.
Examples
If you ask anyone what they were doing in July 2014, they will likely describe a deep, blurry haze involving loud televisions and immense quantities of snacks while watching the 2014 World Cup.
The 2014 World Cup served as a scientific experiment to see if an entire host nation could simultaneously hold its breath for 90 minutes.
My productivity in the summer of the 2014 World Cup was essentially non-existent, unless you count the high-level tactical analysis I provided to my cat after every goal.