Netball Phrases

Phrases

• A girl with kaleidoscope eyes (Beatles song lyric)
• A girl's best friend
• Agent Zero (Nickname of basketball player Gilbert Arenas)
• Ahead of the game
• Air Canada (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
• Air Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
• Air Zaire (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
• All your base are belong to us (broken English phrase used in the video game Zero Wing)
• All-American Girl (Nickname of boxer Vonda Ward)
• America's Oldest Living Teenager (Nickname of game show host Dick Clark)
• Anyone's game
• As game as Ned Kelly
• Atta girl
• Baby Girl (Nickname of boxer Leatitia Robinson)
• Baby Gramps (Nickname of basketball player Greg Oden)
• Baby Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Harold Miner)
• Bachelor girl
• Barbie Girl (Aqua song)
• Bean Burrito (Nickname of basketball player Nick Young)
• Beast or Perk (Nickname of basketball player Kendrick Perkins)
• Beaten at your own game
• Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
• Big Baby (Nickname of basketball player Glen Davis)
• Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
• Big Country (Nickname of basketball player Bryant Reeves)
• Big Dog (Nickname of basketball player Glenn Robinson)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Posey)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Worthy)
• Big Nasty (Nickname of basketball player Corliss Williamson)
• Big Red (Nickname of basketball player Arvydas Sabonis)
• Big Shot Becky (Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon)
• Big Shot Bob (Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry)
• Big Smooth (Nickname of basketball player Charlie Villanueva)
• Big Snacks (Nickname of basketball player Jerome James)
• Big Sofo (Nickname of basketball player Sofoklis Schortsanitis)
• Big Z (Nickname of basketball player Zydrunas Ilgauskas)
• Big girl's blouse
• Bird Man (Nickname of basketball player Chris Andersen)
• Black Jesus (Nickname of basketball player Amare Stoudemire)
• Black Mamba (Nickname of basketball player Kobe Bryant)
• Black Moses (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Blame game
• Boom Dizzle (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Boy meets girl
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Brazilian Blur (Nickname of basketball player Leandro Barbosa)
• Bring your A game (perform to your best ability)
• Bron Bron (Nickname of basketball player LeBron James)
• Buc The World (Nickname of basketball player Greg Buckner)
• Buffet of Goodness (Nickname of basketball player Channing Frye)
• Call girl
• Call of Duty (video game title)
• Captain Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Captain Crunch (Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose)
• Captain Jack (Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson)
• Captain Kirk (Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich)
• Cat and mouse game
• Chocolate Thunder (Nickname of basketball player Darryl Dawkins)
• Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young song)
• Clyde the Glide (Nickname of basketball player Clyde Drexler)
• Come on women, man the factories (WWII slogan)
• Comfort women (women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese in WWII)
• Cover Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• DaWhite Howard (Nickname of basketball player David Lee)
• Daddy's little girl
• Deep Extra Cover (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Defende Reboundo (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
• Det the Threat (Nickname of basketball player Detlef Schrempf)
• Diamonds are a girl's best friend
• Didn't they do well! (A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation Game)
• Different ball game
• Ditty Bop (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Doc Howard (Nickname of basketball player Dwight Howard)
• Dollar Bill (Nickname of basketball player Bill Bradley)
• Downtown Freddie (Nickname of basketball player Fred Brown)
• Earl the Pearl (Nickname of basketball player Earl Monroe)
• Earl the Squirrel (Nickname of basketball player Earl Boykins)
• El Contusione (Nickname of basketball player Manu Ginobili)
• End of the ball game
• Extra Cover (field position in the game of cricket)
• Fair game
• First Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Forward Short Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Game bird
• Game brain
• Game changer
• Game of two halves
• Game on
• Game over
• Game plan
• Game set and match
• Game time
• Game to the last
• Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Ghostface (Nickname of basketball player Joel Przybilla)
• Girl Friday
• Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan song)
• Girl With A Pearl Earring (Scarlett Johansson / Colin Firth movie)
• Girl next door
• Girl power
• Give the game away
• Glamour girl
• Go-Go Gadget Arms (Nickname of basketball player Kevin Garnett)
• God's gift to women
• Golden Graham (Nickname of basketball player Joey Graham)
• Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
• Good time girl
• Got game
• Grand Theft Auto (video game title)

• Grits N Gravy (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Ground Hog Day (Nickname of basketball player Tim Duncan)
• Guessing game
• Hair Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Half Man Half Amazing (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
• Has your girl turned into a refrigerator? If her air is arctic, try MUM (Mum Deodorant advertising slogan)
• His Airness (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
• His Heinous (Nickname of basketball player Bill Laimbeer)
• Honey Girl (Nickname of boxer Melissa Del Valle)
• Horses sweat, men perspire, women merely glow
• Hot Plate (Nickname of basketball player John Sam Williams)
• Hot Rod (Nickname of basketball player Rodney Hundley)
• Hungry Hungry Hilton (Nickname of basketball player Hilton Armstrong)
• I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry song)
• I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me (The Beatles song lyric)
• I'm game
• Is it hot in here or is it me? (Typically used by menopausal women having a hot flush)
• It's in the game (EA Sports advertising slogan)
• It's just a game
• It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
• It's only a game
• Late in the game
• Leg Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Leg Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Lift your game
• Little Women (Louisa May Alcott book)
• Long Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Stop (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mario Kart (video game title)
• Material Girl (Madonna song)
• Men are from Mars, women are from Venus
• Mid Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mid On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mug's game
• Must win game
• My Girl (Smokey Robinson song)
• Numbers game
• On the game
• Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan song)
• Only Girl In the World (Rihanna song)
• Only game in town
• Page 3 girl
• Party girl
• Pearline keeps white things white and bright women bright (Pearline washing powder advertising slogan)
• Platinum Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a game)
• Play a waiting game
• Play the game
• Play the percentage game
• Poor little rich girl
• Primal Rage (film and video game)
• Put your game face on
• Rainy Day Women (Bob Dylan song)
• Raise your game
• Scotch and the Single Girl (J&B Scotch advertising slogan)
• Second slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• See that girl, watch that scene (ABBA lyric)
• Shell game
• Short Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Mid Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Mid On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Singapore Girl, you're a great way to fly (Singapore Airlines advertising slogan)
• Skin in the game
• Sod this for a game of soldiers
• Some of our best men are women (United States Army advertising slogan)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (video game title)
• Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Super Mario Brothers (video game title)
• Take me out to the ball game
• Talk a good game
• The Army Game (BBC comedy television series)
• The Bandstand Cover Girl (Nickname of Carol Scaldeferri)
• The Basketball Jesus (Nickname of Larry Bird)
• The Best Bad Girl on TV (Nickname of Cloris Leachman)
• The Coca-Cola Girl (Nickname of singer Anita Bryant)
• The Dowager Queen of the Game Shows (Nickname of Pat Carroll)
• The Dumbest Girl in America (Nickname of Kelly Bundy (Christina Applegate))
• The Girl Can't Help It (Little Richard song and movie)
• The Girl Of My Best Friend (Elvis Presley song)
• The Girl With A Million-Dollar Legs (Nickname of Betty Grable)
• The Girl with the Upside-Down Eyes (Nickname of actress Glynis Johns)
• The It Girl (Nickname of Clara Bow)
• The Original Live Test-Pattern Girl (Nickname of Nanette Fabray)
• The Sims (video game title)
• The Sweater Girl (Nickname of Lana Turner)
• The beautiful game
• The blame game
• The game is afoot
• The game is up
• The name game
• The name of the game
• Third Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Third man (field position in the game of cricket)
• Three for a girl (Magpie nursery rhyme)
• Trap and ball (children's ball game)
• Two can play at that game
• Up your game
• War game (a simulation of war intended as preparation)
• What women want
• What's a girl to do?
• What's your game?
• Who are you? (Nintendo Game Boy Advance advertising slogan)
• Whole new ball game
• Wicket Keeper (field position in the game of cricket)
• Wine, women and song
• Women and children first
• Women in Love
• Women's troubles
• Working girl
• You go girl
• Zero sum game