Kopite

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C.. informal
  2. 2
    A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C..; A fan of Liverpool F.C. who exhibits loutish behaviour, football hooliganism, or poor sportsmanship. derogatory, informal

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Etymology

From kop + -ite. In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the team's ground was formally named after Spion Kop, a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where many Liverpudlians were killed in the Second Boer War.

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