World Cup Word of the Day. It’s the fourth day of the World Cup and today, Languagecaster introduces the phrase nil nil. Every day we plan to bring you a word or phrase that has been part of the World Cup 2014 story.World Cup Word of the Day: Nil Nil
Most games this tournament have featuredA a lot of goals. The average so far is over 3 goals a game. However, sometimes no team wins. This is called a draw. When a team doesn’t score they have no goals. However, we usually say zero but instead nil. So, for example, Germany beat Portugal four nil (4-0). If neither team scores it is nil-nil (0-0). Today was the first nil-nil draw of the competition, with Iran and Nigeria playing out a nil-nil draw.
- Example:A Iran and Nigeria played to a nil–nil draw, the first tie of the 2014 World Cup. (The Scotsman)
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Bit hungover today boss? Couple of typos seem to have slipped through the fog of football and caipirinha. Thought at first a “drawdon’t” might be some new footie term I’d missed out on. But online searches tend to suggest it was first coined by languagecaster.com on 17/6/14!
Whoops. The excitement of the tournament is too much! Fixed now. Thanks for the spot!