MLS

Major League Soccer. Formed in 1993 in the United States, the league as of 2009 has fifteen teams throughout North America. Attendance has been steadily growing in recent years, and if pace continues, it will overtake the NHL in popularity and profit.

Teams as of 2009:

(Eastern Conference)
Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew
DC United (Washington, D.C.)
Kansas City Wizards
New England Revolution (Foxborough, MA)
New York Red Bulls (East Rutherford, NJ)
Toronto FC

(Western Conference)
Chivas USA (Carson, CA)
Colorado Rapids (Commerce City, CO)
FC Dallas (Frisco, TX)
Houston Dynamo
Los Angeles Galaxy
Reál Salt Lake (Sandy, UT)
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders

MLS plans to add three more teams by 2011, in Philadelphia PA, Portland OR, and Vancouver BC.

Emo1337: Yo, dude, let's go downtown this weekend. MLS!

Kr\/nkt45T!c: Your life sucks?

Emo1337: LOL, WTF? No, Major League Soccer! The Galaxy are gonna be in town, and we gotta see Beckham before he runs on back to England!

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table general

The person who directs the movement, placement, and direction of food at the dinner table, particularly at a large meal or gathering. This can be achieved by democracy, but is more typically dictated by strength of character and who has the best spatial relations... or just the most experience with food.

"We were overwhelmed by the amount of food on the table for the 12-person Christmas dinner. Luckily Grandpa was an efficient table general.

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Horder

A member of The Horde (see also: WoW, World of Warcraft, MMORPG) who accumulates as many items as possible and never shares them, sells them, or uses them. They will cling selfishly to these items until they are no longer useful and expired from game play OR hoard things like cloth that could be used by the guild. This often results in creation of extra characters simply for bank tab space.

Literally, "A Horde Hoarder."

(1) Player A: "Dude! You're not using that item. Sell it to me?"
Player B: "No way, I need it."
Player A: "No you don't, you haven't played the game in six months!! *sigh* Horder."

(2) Player X: "You have one level 85 character and seven level 3's."
Player Y: "FOR THE HOARD!!!11"

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mid-major

A term invented by American sports-writers, used within college sports.

"Mid-Major" was originally used because no one had a good term to describe a college or conference less powerful than the BCS college/conferences, but more powerful than the next level down. The Division I-A non-BCS conferences, as of 2007, are the Mountain West, Conference USA, MAC, WAC and Sun Belt.

Sports writers and fans alike often express distase for the term, but no one has been able to come up with anything better yet.

1) The mid-major conferences had a good year in 2006, when Boise State upset Oklahoma in their bowl game.

2) Why does Michigan keep scheduling those mid-majors early in the season? Schedule a real team, already!

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strip tase

1) The act of erotically dancing for someone or someones, perhaps with removal of clothing articles, so as to distract said person or persons before using a taser on them.

2) Typo of "strip tease."

3) Best not to confuse the two.

1) "I was over at Michael's house last night, and I gave him a strip tase...."

2) "OMG is he okay?!

3) "%#@$ iPhone!!"

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Frasierverse

The universe of characters centered around the fictional Dr. Frasier Crane. This character appeared on "Cheers," "Wings," and the eponymous sictom "Frasier." Any characters from these shows, and therefore any additional shows in which those characters appeared or were referenced in, are within this fictional reality.

"I know Lowell Mather (Thomas Haden Church) never actually met Sam Malone (Ted Danson), but they could have; all existed for years within the Frasierverse."

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OKC Thunder

The arbitrary name given to the NBA's Seattle Supersonics after they were stolen by a lying, dishonest, manipulative Oklahoma City businessman. So named because in a state as boring as Oklahoma, the most interesting thing anyone could think to name their only pro-team after was the weather.

The theft was so blatant and offensive that even local Oklahoma City residents expressed discomfort with acquiring a pro franchise in such a manner, having been previously rooting for the New Orleans Hornets during the temporary Katrina-related relocation of 2005-06.

Seattle residents still vent with rage over the actions of the OKC businessman and the former Sonics owner. Even renowned sports columnist The "Sports Guy" Bill Simmons refuses to call the team by their new name, referring to them in all print as the Zombie Sonics.

In short, every sports movie ever made has a villian who is threatening to move the team for no good reason. The OKC Thunder are permanent, living proof that bad guys really do win in real life.

Trent: Yo, you wanna go to the game tonight? Lakers are starting their 3-game homestand.
Kent: Eh, dunno, who are they playing?
Trent: Oh.... oh. The OKC Thunder. Never mind then, man, I don't want to support that shitty team, even on accident. Let's go watch football instead.

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