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A jock, by most accepted standards of the stereotype (if one is American), is an individual - usually a tall, physically fit, male in his late teens or early twenties - who is well-known for his athletic abilities (This definition is hardly recognised outside of the United States of America and Canada). Jocks are more widely recognized in certain team sports, such as basketball, football, American football, and other physically demanding sports. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... This article is about the sport. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

Jocks tend to look down on less physically gifted people as being inferior. The term "jock" can be used pejoratively, neutrally, or even complimentarily. The pejorative use refers to an individual whose awareness of his own athletic abilities (or possible lack thereof) gives him the appearance of conceit, real or not to the observer (and in this sense the words "musclehead" and "musclebrain" are sometimes used); and as a result, jocks are often regarded as bullies to their peers, especially those who are not athletically inclined or don't play sports in general. Most famously, the targets of bullying by "jocks" are "nerds" - as popularized by movies such as Revenge of the Nerds - given the idea that the athletically inclined and the intellectually inclined are polar opposites and that the traits each stereotyped group exhibit cannot coexist peacefully. For other uses, see Nerd (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Revenge of the Nerds (2007 film) be merged into this article or section. ...

Jock is also a term used, either derogatively or as a term of endearment, by the English for people from Scotland.

Generic terms for people

fags* A pejorative term for a Scottish Soldier (like an English Tommy) and used as a nickname by such units as the British 9th (Scottish) Division, the "Jocks". Tommies from the Royal Irish Rifles in the trenches during the First World War. ... The 9th (Scottish) Division, was one of the Kitcheners Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War. ...

• used generically for 'the common man' (as John, Dick)
• Jockey was originally a diminutive of Jock.
• Jock (subculture), an athlete.
• Shock jock, a disk jockey known for making off-colour comments on-air

The racecourse in Chester. ... The term jock is a classic American stereotype of an athlete. ... A shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of radio broadcaster (sometimes a disk jockey) who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. ...

Individual people and characters commonly known by solely their given name Jock

• Jock Stein - Celtic FC manager (1965-78), a football club in Scotland, and regarded by many as one of the greatest managers the game has ever seen. A gentleman important for much more than just sport, the impact he had socially can never be understated.
• Jock (comics), a British comic book artist
• Jock the New Engine, a locomotive on the fictional Arlesdale Railway in The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry
• Jock, Vincent Reis, an all-star sprinter
• Jock, Paul Denton's friend and JC Denton's black helicopter pilot in Deus Ex.

John Jock Stein CBE (5 October 1922 - 10 September 1985) was one of the most notable managers in British football history. ... Jock is the pseudonym of British comics artist Mark Simpson, most known for his work with Andy Diggle in 2000 AD and on The Losers. ... Small Railway Engines book cover, showing the engines (L to R): Mike, Bert and Rex (with Duck in the foreground) The Arlesdale Railway, more commonly known as the Small Railway, is a fictional railway on the Island of Sodor from the Railway Series books by Rev. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a fictional railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor and the engines that lived on it. ... Paul Denton is a fictional character in the computer game Deus Ex. ... JC Denton (fictionally born 17 March 2029) is the player character and protagonist of the first-person role-playing computer game Deus Ex. ... Black helicopters are part of a conspiracy theory, prevalent among the American militia, that claims that special silent running black helicopters are used by secret agents of the New World Order, United Nations troops preparing to invade the United States of America, and/or the Men in Black. ... This article is about the video game. ...

Animals

• Jock was the name of Winston Churchill's cat
• in fiction, Wee Jock was the dog owned by Hamish Macbeth.
• Jock of the Bushveld Book by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, telling of FitzPatrick's travels with his dog Jock during the 1880s

Churchill redirects here. ... Hamish Macbeth is a BBC series about a policeman in a tiny costal village in the Scottish Highlands. ... Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir Percy FitzPatrick. ...

Things known as Jocks or Jock

• a shortening of jockstrap (type of male underwear often used by sportsmen)
• a general term for male underwear, generally called a pair of 'jocks'.
• Jock series albums by Tommy Boy records is a popular superseries of albums split into subseries like Jock Jams, Jock Rock. However, Slam Jams is part of the superseries abeit omission of "Jock" in the name.

A jockstrap, also known as a jock or athletic supporter, is a type of mens undergarment designed for use in sports or other activities, such as during the recovery from a vasectomy, although some men just like to wear them. ... The so-called Jock series albums is a superseries of sports music albums that was started by Tommy Boy records circa 1994. ... Tommy Boy Records is a record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman after borrowing $5000 from his parents. ... Jock Jams is a compilation album series from Tommy Boy records from the mid 1990s that mainly consisted of classic 1980s and 1990s dance music. ... Jock Rock is the predecessor of all the other sub-series media of the Jock collection by Tommy Boy Records. ... Slam Jams is a spinoff of the Jock series albums by Tommy Boy records abeit omission of Jock in the name. ...

In Media

• Jock o' the Side, a border ballad
• John of Hazelgreen, ditto
• Jocks (film), a 1987 film starring Perry Lang

Jock o the Side or Jock O the Side is Child ballad 187, a border ballad, existing in several variants. ... The English/Scottish border has a long and bloody history of conquest and reconquest, raid and counter-raid. ... John of Hazelgreen or Jock OHazeldean is Child ballad 293. ... Perry Lang is an American television director and actor. ...

Slang Usage

• Jock is sometimes used in slang terms as saying that you are obsessed with someone. For instance, if you say: "Craig was on Sally's jock." it means that Craig is obsessed with Sally to the point where he is almost a stalker.

See also

• The Jocks and the Geordies, a Dandy comic strip

The Jocks and the Geordies were fictional characters who had their own comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy. ...

External links

• The Essence of Jock

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a jock is person in a teenage setting i.e. high school that has the pre-disconceeved notion that they have "Power". Social status if you will, however this is not the case. Jocks are powerless useless beings :) grow a brain boys. . . and for those select few that have brains "RIGHT ON"! Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

Jocks are classified into approximately 3 sections
1. Sport/ Steroid infused bodies
2. Electro lovers
3. People who think they're jocks, hang out with them but are in actual fact far from that particular so called 'popularity' level. I use the word popularity in inverted comas because, as I'm sure many would agree, jocks are in fact not that liked, though they think they are, they are actually laughed upon greatly... and not laughed upon as though they have humor, more relentlessly in fact.

However, a jock is usually someone who entails all 3 of these traits. They take part in some sort of another, if not that they try to make their body as 'mad' and 'hot' as can be in order to impress the ladies or make the more loser-ish of their gender jealous. They enjoy that stupid genre of music electro, house or whatever you want to call it. Maybe not everyone thoyugh many can be seen wearing those fugly fluoro tops commonly sold throughout Supre stores nation-wide. They also go out and get 'maggot' with their lowie boys and girls because everyone will 'deffo' think they're cool. And in many cases jocks are actually despised upon usually because they think their too 'hectic' for everyone else. So in turn, as karma or whatever would have it, though they may think they fully sick brah, their myspaces are laughed upon by those who actually have the right to be called 'fully hectic, sickkunnt brah'.. but wish they won't be, maaate