Comments on: Offside Unleashed: Why Zizou is not ZiZi

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:01:35 +0000

I was thinking either “weewee” or “peepee.”

Also, when I was first learning these kinds of things, you have no idea how entertaining I found it that the French use the phrase “faire pipi.” Because it’s just like English, except…not.

(And it should probably trouble me that I have actually spent time reflecting on these things, but… No.)

By: Magnusson

Magnusson — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:55:55 +0000

The way we use ZIZI is like you guys would say WEEWEE like said Marlon.
It’s like KAKa means poop.
Now Zidane’s situation and nickname does come from Rolland Courbis when Zidane was in Bordeaux. He started calling him Zizou because of the Zigzags when he runs and his dribbling ability. But Zidane’s friend call him Yazid.
Dugarry who’s his best friend calls him Zizou in public but Yazid in private.
Plus we’re not very keen on nicknames. Only the very famous players with extremly common names get some (Titi Henry, Patou Vieira, etc…) but it’s far from being like in the Premiership.

By: Marlon

Marlon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:14:28 +0000

How they use zizi sounds like how we say wee wee.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:40:36 +0000

That… was… scary….

Happy sigh.

My work here is done.

By: Tamim

Tamim — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:34:40 +0000

jake: no, i mean that is a kind of sarcasm people use to mock men who act, walk , talk in a more feminin way; not acting like real men, because as i said it is used as a nickname for women…..but anyway, it is used as a joke only!!

By: Marco P.

Marco P. — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:41:24 +0000

Offside Unleashed is a new feature here at The Offside, where we bloggers are allowed to roam untethered around whatever territory we choose to venture into (…)

That… was… scary….

By: Karina

Karina — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:32:07 +0000

Jake, I agree. ‘m guessing it refers to someone effiminate.

By: Utku Ural

Utku Ural — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:18:28 +0000

why not Zidane.

or Iron Skull

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:54:38 +0000

Tamim (or others), what is “a bad meaning close to gay but not gay”? Is it a descriptive term, like being effiminate? Or is it a description of another type of sexual behavior, like on The Simpsons when Troy McClure had a thing for fish? I’m at a complete loss.

By: Jp

Jp — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:17:38 +0000

why not zouzou but zizou