white maggot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Audio (AU): (file)
Noun[edit]
white 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.