"flag-happy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more flag-happy [comparative], most flag-happy [superlative]
Etymology: flag + -happy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flag|happy}} flag + -happy Head templates: {{en-adj}} flag-happy (comparative more flag-happy, superlative most flag-happy)
  1. (sports) Overly inclined to rule that an infraction has occurred. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-flag-happy-en-adj--wS4RlUH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -happy Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Download JSON data for flag-happy meaning in English (2.4kB)

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          "ref": "2012, Bernard Azulay, Arsenal on the Double",
          "text": "I remain convinced of my capacity to harangue flag-happy officials (both when they are correct and when they've just cocked up another costly decision), to the point where they might occasionally favour the Arsenal just for a quiet life!",
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          "ref": "2019, R.L. Sterup, Things You Can't Say About Sports, page 57",
          "text": "Soccer players may \"head\" the ball for tactical purposes, while football players are barred from \"leading\" with their heads. Laving aside offensive and defensive lineman who do so every play. Also, most linebackers. A rule which is applied in practice only to defensive backs, arbitrarily, now and again, haphazardly, when a flag-happy zebra feels like it, but never to running backs who lower their heads to gain another two yards.",
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        "(sports) Overly inclined to rule that an infraction has occurred."
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