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Extra Ep - Vocabulary Explanation of Hooligan

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What's the Opposite of a Hooligan?

There's a debate over the origins of the word, because there's nothing readily available in the etymology for us to trace the history. The legend has it that it derives from the surname of an irish family who were well known for throwing good parties. Others attribute the origin to an author whose character, patrick hoolihan, was a bouncer and thief in the slums of london. Whichever is true, one thing we can be sure of is that it's phonetically pleasing to say holigan.

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