Definitions
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- noun sports A
team sport played onice and primarily byfemales , the players usingsticks to control arubber ring and attempting to scoregoals by landing it in the opponents'net .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because women's hockey as an internationally-notable sport is relatively new - the first girls that wanted to play hockey, instead of ringette, were fighting their battles when I was growing up - there are fewer development programs; and it's the second generation of players that can actually play.
mrissa: Olympics post, take one mrissa 2010
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I would also love to see the NHL switch to ringette; having watched a national championship for teens, I'm in awe of that game.
Usain Bolt revealed as female: the obsession with intersex, Caster Semenya and binary Elizabeth McClung 2009
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And if a boy wanted to play ringette, he'd better be a damn good skater; the teamwork and no-contact rule meant that the ringette teams had to be good athletes - yes, better skating and ring/puck handling skills than the guys' teams, and faster skaters, with not as many stops in play.
Girly Boys: boys who have gendered girl interests and boys on girl's teams. Elizabeth McClung 2008
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If you don't know ringette, look it up on wikipedia: FAST, non-contact, and can they pass that rubber ring around.
Girly Boys: boys who have gendered girl interests and boys on girl's teams. Elizabeth McClung 2008
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If you offered put them against an NHL team with ringette rules, those pre-teens would have laughed hysterically; the guys can't control a puck as well as these kids.
Girly Boys: boys who have gendered girl interests and boys on girl's teams. Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Last example: Girls' ringette tournament. 12-14 yr old girls - oh, my goodness, what energy!
Girly Boys: boys who have gendered girl interests and boys on girl's teams. Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Wonder what would happen if premier after premier was asked if he and his fellow legislators could make gifts out of their office budget to ringette teams just like Danny Williams and his colleagues can do?
Archive 2006-07-01 Ed Hollett 2006
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But I pretty much quit playing team sports when puberty hit and they said the boys could play baseball and hockey but the girls could only play softball and ringette.
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Together with friends and family, including teenage sons Justin and Devin, she organized Shoot for the Cure, a hockey and ringette event that raised $135,000 for CancerCare Manitoba in 2008.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed PAUL WALDIE 2011
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John spent most of his winters driving to arenas all over Ontario's Durham and York Regions, sometimes refereeing six or seven hockey or ringette games in one weekend.
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