flag-happy
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Overly inclined to rule that an infraction has occurred.
Example Sentences
- "I remain convinced of my capacity to harangue flag-happy officials (both when they are correct and when they've just cocked up another costly decision), to the point where they might occasionally favour the Arsenal just for a quiet life!"
- "If any host nation has ever earned a handful of incompetent decisions from nervous and flag-happy officials, it was this one."
- "Soccer players may "head" the ball for tactical purposes, while football players are barred from "leading" with their heads. Laving aside offensive and defensive lineman who do so every play. Also, most linebackers. A rule which is applied in practice only to defensive backs, arbitrarily, now and again, haphazardly, when a flag-happy zebra feels like it, but never to running backs who lower their heads to gain another two yards."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more flag-happy (comparative)
most flag-happy (superlative)