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jersey popping
 n.— «March Madness has seen a lot of “jersey popping,” as it has come to be called when a player jubilantly pulls his jersey out to display the school name more prominently.» —“Jackson breaks out of shooting slump” by Paul Coro Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Mar. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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