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Tribalism with a drinking problem and a stadium to wreck.
means Violent, destructive, or rowdy misbehavior, especially by groups in public — the kind that trashes property and scares bystanders.
from Traces to 'hooligan,' which surfaced in late-1800s London street slang, possibly from a rowdy Irish surname (Houlihan or Hooligan) linked to a boisterous family or gang in popular songs and police-blotter stories of the time. The exact person, if there was one, is lost — but the name stuck to the behavior, and '-ism' turned a type of troublemaker into an entire disposition.
- origin
- named after a rowdy irish family in 1890s london
- legal status
- specific criminal offense in uk and russia
- peak era
- 1970s-80s english football firms terrorized europe
- irony
- often more organized than the teams they support