Victory Jig

Victory Jig

Victory Jig is a phrase describing the celebration of a victory or success with a little dance, shuffle, body movement, skip, or spring in the step. It is most common in sports, but has also appeared in the political sphere (See David Trimble).

The term can be used approvingly or abusively. A Victory Jig can be engaged in as a genuine celebration or as a means to humiliate or taunt an opponent/adversary ie. to engage in a triumphant manner, or Triumphalism.

Cited Examples of Victory Jigs

*Victory Jig after a strike in a game of Bowling. [See Bowling Strike Victory Jig [http://www.vanderbilt.ruf.org/Photo/PhotoDetail.aspx?physicalname=31306 here] .]
*"Mr. Celery's" Victory Jig at a Baseball Game. [Mr. Celery does the victory jig available [http://www.llij.net/pictures/mr-celery2.html here.] ]
*The 25 February 1964 fight between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston when Clay did a "Victory jig" to taunt his opponent in the ring. See main article Ali versus Liston.
*Unionist politician David Trimble's Victory Jig with Ian Paisley in Northern Ireland after the 12 July 1995 Drumcree March (Drumcree I). [See comments on David Trimble's "Victory Jig" [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2005/05/08/story4619.asp here] . See video of the controversial march and "Victory Jig" in the 1995 section [http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1420000/video/_1424111_ireland_murray_jul95_vi.ram here] .]

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