Meaning of footballify | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make more like or about a game of football.
2. To make into a contest between two teams where group loyalty is more important than anything else.

Examples

“But after a decade, the network is ditching that song, replacing it with Underwood’s footballified version of her 2014 Miranda Lambert duet “Somethin’ Bad,” which will be called “Oh, Sunday Night.””

“The loser has to stand⟳ at a distance, in a free kick⟳ scenario, turn⟳ their back to the others, and allow⟳ them to kick⟳ the ball at them in a footballified form⟳ of “brandy” or “brandings.””

“In a new episode of Eli's Places—which is essentially a footballified Parts Unknown-style series on ESPN—the former New York Giants QB donned horrifying prosthetics so he could look⟳ like⟳ a 20-year-old kid.”

“In the process⟳, history has been footballified […] It's been turned into a game, with sides and jeering supporters.”

“So everything they do is an attack on your position. Thus the process⟳ is “footballified”. And you are playing the game.”

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