A term used to describe an Irish
Gaelic football team after they have been heavily defeated by the opposition. Coined in 2009 by Dublin manager Pat
Gilroy after his team were annihilated by
resurgent underdogs Kerry.
Dublin didn't appear to have a
Plan A, never mind B or C. The manager, Pat
Gilroy, would later maintain that his players had started the match like "startled earwigs".