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World Cup games
/wɜːrld kʌp ɡeɪmz/
Definition
1
Refers to the individual matches played during the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship where national teams compete for the global title.
2
A collective term describing the high-stakes, highly broadcasted football events that lead to global productivity drops due to collective screen-gazing and office betting pools.
Examples
If I watch all 104 World Cup games, my boss will likely be featured in the obituaries section before the final whistle blows.
There is a special type of sorcery that makes World Cup games more important than my own wedding anniversaries.
I told the doctor my heart palpitations were a medical emergency, but he just asked if I was watching the latest World Cup games as well.