Word: Slobberknocker, Slobberknockered

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

Huntingdon PA _Daily News_  January 14, 1991  p 4 col 1
"Bears' defensive tackle Dan Hampton predicted the game would be a
"slobber knocker." "



Chicago IL _Daily Herald_ 11/29/1994  sec 2 p 5 col 4
"In football jargon, Burken's hit was a "slobberknocker"."

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> Slobberknocker apparently emerged from the world of wrestling.
>
> Title: Slobberknockered
> Author: Matthen M. Aid
> Date: December 16, 2013
> Website: Politico.com
> http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/nsa-panel-report-
> snowden-slobberknockered-101208.html
> [Begin excerpt]
> U.S. intelligence officials I spoke with were clearly shocked by the
> Review Group's recommendations, with one official admitting that he
> felt "slobbernockered" by some of the things the panel was reportedly
> recommending.
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>
>
> Article Title: Slamming the NSA
> Author: Bob Dreyfuss
> Date: December 17, 2013
> Website name: The Nation. (blog)
> [Begin excerpt]
> I'm not sure what "slobbernockered" means, but it doesn't sound good
if
> you're the NSA.
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> Title: The complete idiot's guide to pro wrestling
> Authors: Lou Albano, Bert Randolph Sugar, Michael Benson
> Contributor: Michael Benson
> Edition: 2, illustrated
> Publisher: Alpha Books, 2000
> (Google Books Snippet View; data may be inaccuarte) [Begin extracted
> text] Fighting Words Jim Ross is famous for his colloquialisms,
> especially his use of the slobberknocker, which is defined as a hard-
> fought, but sloppy, brawl.
> [End extracted text]
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>
> UnbanDictionary
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SLOBBERKNOCKER&defid=317
> 817
> [Begin excerpt]
> SLOBBERKNOCKER
> a fierce and violent fight amongst two people, or a number of
> participants that eventually turns into a full-fledged donnybrook!
> At the local watering hole, the bachelor party erupted into a good old
> fashioned, Grade-A slobberknocker amongst the drunken friends, as
fists
> flew and teeth became airborne.
> [End excerpt]
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> slobberknocker
> made famous by JR (Jim Ross) in WWE it is used to say some thing big
> has happened.
> [End excerpt]
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