worldie

English

Alternative forms

• worldy

Etymology

From world +‎ -ie, from world-class.

Noun

worldie (plural worldies)

1. (UK, slang) Anything particularly excellent of its kind; especially a goal in sports or a beautiful woman.
   • 2015 April 2, Holly Hagan, Holly Hagan - Not Quite A Geordie, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN:

     Tanned, brunette, curvaceous, with a mega-watt smile that would put Simon Cowell to shame. […] Hats off to James, he wasn't wrong when he said she was a worldie.

   • 2018 September 6, Peter Crouch, How to Be a Footballer, Random House, →ISBN:

     And so when I scored my flick-up-and-volley against Manchester City in 2012, I instead lost it. First I started shouting, 'I've scored a worldie! I've scored a worldie!'

   • 2023 October 26, Pete Graves, Here to Compete: The Inside Story of Newcastle United and the Era of Eddie Howe, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 1955:

     The second goal was a worldie from Ginola bending it into the top right corner from the edge of the box.