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World Cup football
/wɜːrld kʌp ˈfʊtbɔːl/
Definition
1
Refers to the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international association football tournament contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
2
The world's most widely viewed sporting event, often acting as a global excuse for employees to feign illness to watch matches during office hours.
Examples
If productivity drops to zero every four years, it is likely because the entire office is mesmerized by the World Cup football broadcast.
Watching World Cup football is the only socially acceptable reason to scream at a television screen for ninety minutes while surrounded by strangers.
Some people claim they don't care about sports, yet they suddenly become tactical geniuses the moment the World Cup football group stage begins.