AUSTRALIA: "SOCCEROOS"
澳大利亚:袋鼠军团
Journalist Tony Horstead coined the portmanteau of a nickname in 1967 while covering the team's goodwill tour to South Vietnam, borrowing the back end of the name from one of Australia's best-known inhabitants.
一位名叫Tony Horstead的记者在1967年报道澳大利亚足球队对越南南部的友好访问期间首创了这样一个合成词,将soccer(足球)一词与澳大利亚最知名的动物kangroo(袋鼠)一词组合而成。