• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Europeans came up with the word “soccer” as a shortened form of “Association football” to distinguish it from the numerous other forms of football being played (rugby etc).

    So, it’s your fault anyway.

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      5 months ago

      It was not Europeans. It was the British. And it was the upper class British. Specifically at the Oxford University. The people in both continental Europe and Britain always called it football.

      “Soccer” is technically a slur for lower class football.

      Even the British call it football now, but the soccer slur still lives on in America and other colonies.