魚拉突

Chinese

fish
to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag
to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw
 
 to dash; to move forward quickly
trad. (魚拉突) 魚 拉 突
simp. (鱼拉突) 鱼 拉 突

Etymology

Borrowed from English united.

From a video dating back to 2007 when a group of Manchester United fans in Hong Kong were riding an open-top bus to celebrate their team's victory. The poor quality of the camera used and quick speech of the fans caused the slogan "united" by the fans to sound distorted, resulting in it being misheard to Cantonese viewers.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

魚拉突

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Manchester United F.C.

See also

  • 獌 (“Manchester United”)
  • 鏝／镘 (“Manchester United”)
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