white maggot
English
editEtymology
editFrom the uniform of white shirt and shorts worn by the Victorian Football League (which became the Australian Football League) field umpires. The umpires' uniforms changed to day-glow orange in 2004.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editwhite maggot (plural white maggots)
- (Australian rules football, slang, derogatory) A field umpire.
- 2004, Brooke Neindorf, “Country footy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], archived from the original on 20 April 2006:
- Come on you white maggot, that was a throw.