statty
English
Etymology
From stat (“statistic”) + -y.
Adjective
statty (comparative more statty, superlative most statty)
- (informal) Pertaining to, involving or interested in the collection or interpretation of statistics.
- 2015 August 27, Anthea McTeirnan, “The Guinness Book of World Records is 60 and – it all started in Ireland”, in The Irish Times:
- Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London, were recommended to Beaver as suitable for the task of running the show. The brothers were commissioned to compile what became the Guinness Book of Records in August 1954. The statty, Glasgow-born brothers even became regulars on Castle's children's TV show.
- 2021 March 15, Thom Gibbs, “No risks, no fun and cancel culture: Why we will never see another Murray Walker”, in The Telegraph:
- There is now an orthodoxy about how to commentate on sport which few broadcasters attempt to challenge. Serious, statty, chatty. This could be down to a malaise in recruitment but is more likely an inevitable consequence of professional evolution.
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