Word: chanting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Actually, the word kabaddi is derived from a Hindi word that means "holding breath"--the point of the chant being that the raider has to accomplish his mission in one breath. I learned that only last month from an article by an English writer named John Hargreaves in Hemispheres, the United Airlines magazine. Although the word kabaddi is used for the chant in most of the world, Hargreaves wrote, "in Nepal this is 'Do-Do,' in Sri Lanka 'Guddo,' in Malaysia 'Chaddo-Guddo,' and in Indonesia 'Techib.'" Imagine appearing before the Olympic committee to argue acceptance for a game...
Subsequently, union workers began to chant, "Sign the Contract! Sign the Contract...
...Rucker, guitarist Mark Bryan, bassist Dean Felber and Sonefeld--leave the small bar where they have been hiding/waiting/drinking and head to a tent behind the stage where they are scheduled to perform. The crowd begins murmuring in delight and shock as word spreads that the band is backstage. A chant builds: Hoot-ie! Hoot-ie! But just then--and, if you're a student of outdoor rock festivals, you knew this would happen--it begins to rain. Hard. Noah's ark hard. But at this point, there is no turning back. Everyone in Columbia, practically everyone south of the Mason...
...Crimson cruised by Columbia 7-0, and it would have only been appropriate for the team to shout the old chant of, "Florida oranges, Texas Cactus. We play your team just for practice." After nine wins, dropping only one set, Harvard was just too dominant...
...Bears and Blackhawks. The ineptitude of Northwestern football was so profound that the "Mildcats" lost 34 straight games during one extended period, and in the 24 years between '71 and '95, they averaged two victories a year. During the waning moments of losing games, the academically prideful students would chant at opposing teams, "That's all right. That's O.K. You're gonna work for us someday...