Redcoats (British Army)
How It's Used
"Roger Goodell is talking about putting a Super Bowl game in London. Sounds nutty, but it's just Roger being Roger...
"London sounds like a crazy idea, but in many ways, it would be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
"First, though, they'd have to change the name to the Splendid Bowl.
"Tailgate party: Tetley Tea and spotted dick pudding. The pinkie finger extended signifies extreme enthusiasm.
"Game clock: Big Ben.
"Raiders fans' campout: Stonehenge.
"Halftime music: Herman's Hermits.
"Opponents: Who else? Patriots vs. Redcoats." —Scott Ostler, "Are you ready for 'Super Bowl 007'?" The San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 2007, p. D2. "The atmosphere in the Champ de Mars, where 18,000 fans of all nationalities gathered, had been electric before the match. Every cliché of English life was represented in the costumes worn by fans: morris dancers, beefeaters, City gents and redcoats from the Zulu Wars; as well as, rather incongruously, a contingent of Elvises. But the crowd dispersed rapidly after the match." —Neil Tweedie and Richard Alleyne, "Champagne and praise flows but nothing can soothe the bitter taste of final defeat," The Daily Telegraph, October 22, 2007. "The Redcoats are coming -- again.
"The weapon of choice in this British invasion is money, not muskets, and the targets are companies, not rebels. Companies from the United Kingdom have struck $46 billion of acquisition deals in the U.S. this year, more than any other country, according to Dealogic. That compares with $34 billion in all of last year, when Britain was third after Canada and France." —Dana Cimilluca, "America, on Sale: An M&A Invasion," The Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2007, p. C3. "At an Elks Lodge in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Mr. Huckabee described his campaign as 'farmers with muskets against the redcoats with bayonets.' His concern extends beyond corporate board rooms, 'down to the factory floor, to the people who carry their lunch to work in sacks.' He has been outspent '20 to 1,' he often said, in apparent reference to Mr. Romney. 'Just like some of you understand that your whole life you feel like you have been outspent 20 to 1 in about everything you have ever tried to do.'" —Mark Leibovich, "Candidates Play to Audiences on the Road in Iowa," The New York Times, January 2, 2008. "Rogers taught that those who exceed the limits of the conventional are going to command the future. It was the lesson taken up by American strategists in their rebellion against the British Crown 15 years later. The image of Americans sniping at redcoats from behind rocks and trees and using the contours of the land to disrupt British plans was an emblem of what Americans had learned from Rogers and his ranger tactics." —Arthur Herman, "The Pioneer of Special Ops: Frontiersman Robert Rogers and the roots of the U.S. Army Rangers," The Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2009.
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Wikipedia article on the Red Coats
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