Victory dance (sports)

A victory jig or victory dance is a celebration of a victory or success with a dance, shuffle or body movement. It is most commonly used in sports. The term can be used approvingly or abusively. A victory jig can be engaged in as a genuine celebration or as a means to humiliate or taunt an opponent.

Examples

Notable occurrences

  • The 25 February 1964 fight between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston when Clay did a "Victory jig" to taunt his opponent in the ring. See main article Ali versus Liston.
  • Unionist politician David Trimble's victory jig with Ian Paisley in Northern Ireland after the 12 July 1995 Drumcree March (Drumcree I).[1]
gollark: I would... kind of agree with that, actually, since it just says "right to bear arms".
gollark: Oh right, constitutions of some sort, makes sense.
gollark: I'm not sure how or... why... a government would make it illegal for itself to pass some types of law.
gollark: I love how it just says "related to" instead of "against" or something.
gollark: I think that's been known since Malcom Turnbull, as prime minister, claimed Australian laws were more important than mathematical ones.

See also

References

  1. See comments on David Trimble's "Victory Jig" here Archived January 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. See video of the controversial march and "Victory Jig" in the 1995 section here.
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