Former SBS soccer analyst Lucy Zelic has drawn a line within the sand and demanded an finish to Socceroos star Jason Cummings’ nickname of ‘Cumdog’.
The media persona was left fuming as Cummings’ title and nickname was featured throughout social media as his hilarious failed jersey swap story with France’s Olivier Giroud grew to become discuss of the city over again on Friday.
Replying to 1 tweet which referred to Cummings as ‘Cumdog’, Zelic fumed, writing on Twitter: “Please, please, please for the love of God, can we stop calling him this dreadful nickname?
“He’s represented our country for goodness sake. This is just revolting and so tacky.”
The tweet rapidly kicked off a firestorm as many rushed to defend Cummings and his nickname, whereas others accepted it may very well be seen as extraordinarily derogatory.
Urban Dictionary for instance describes a cumdog as a ‘w***e’ or ‘s**t’.
One Zelic follower wrote: “I think Lucy is referring to the common slang meaning which is used derogatorily towards women. Of course it’s a play off Cummings name in this case but it’s still a horrible term.”
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However others dismissed Zelic’s complaints whereas calling for her to “lighten up”.
“Not everything needs to be romanticised and serious 100% of the time,” one fan wrote.
“Why can’t we lean into our culture of larakinism and have that as a strength of our game?”
Others argued the nickname is okay given Cummings refers to himself as “Cumdog”.
Cummings has beforehand spoken of how he gave himself the nickname ‘Cumdog’ throughout a coaching session with Scottish membership Hibernian.
“I got that nickname… it was my wrestling nickname,” Cummings defined.
“I wrestled some guy called Grado, he was a wrestler in Scotland, and he came in when I was at Hibs (Hibernian).
“He came in and he was giving it the big one so I chucked on the Spandex, put ‘Cumdog’ on the chest and I battered him.
“The rest was history. Everyone’s called me Cumdog since then but now I’m in Australia, everyone is calling me the Cumdingo. So the Cumdog or Cumdingo, no problem.”
The debate kicked off hours after French star Olivier Giroud hilariously shot again on the Aussie striker over an obvious jersey swap snub on the FIFA World Cup.
Cummings revealed early this week that Giroud had brutally ignored him when he requested the AC Milan striker to swap jerseys after Australia’s 4-1 loss to France within the World Cup opener.
In an look on The Project, Cummings declared Giroud “pretended he never spoke English” when requested to swap jerseys.
However Giroud then hit again with a hilarious Twitter submit that exhibits he wasn’t pretending to not communicate English after the match, at the very least to not everybody.
Writing alongside a picture of a Socceroos jersey belonging to fellow Aussie participant Jackson Irvine, Giroud wrote: “Hi @jacksonirvine_ how is my English mate?”
The tweet immediately grew to become a social media sensation after it was shared late on Thursday evening (AEDT), with greater than 5,000 retweets by Friday morning.
In one hilarious reply, Jackson Irvine took the joke even additional, writing: “What a man. I can confirm we exchanged our hair care routines in perfect English.”
Although clearly tongue in cheek, it was a far cry from the model of occasions Cummings shared a number of nights earlier.
“After the France game, I actually tried to get Mbappe – forget Giroud, I went for the top boy Mbappe – and he told me to meet him in the change rooms,” Cummins advised The Project.
“So I went to the changing room and the kit man was there and I gave him my top and 10 minutes later he came out with my jersey and says: ‘Nah, absolutely not, (Mbappe) doesn’t want to swap’.
“So when I was walking back to my change room and I’ve seen Giroud and I’m walking, as handsome as ever, and I asked him, ‘Giroud, please man, can I get your shirt man? I’m a big fan, can I get your shirt?’
“And he just walked past me, pretended he never spoke English! And he’s been in the Premier League for 10 years! (laughing).
“He just walked right past me!”
Considering a few of ‘Cumdog’ Cummings’ different post-World Cup yarns, it’s honest to say the previous Rangers striker has been giving himself a good bit of inventive licence.
The 27-year-old additionally joked he performed an element in Messi’s majestic World Cup run due to a pre-game Instagram message.
“I think I deserve a lot of credit (for Messi’s World Cup showing) – he’s definitely checked his phone just before, he’s seen the Cumdog pop up on his Instagram there,” Cummins mentioned.
“He’s checked that and it just gave him that extra motivation.”
