squeaky bum time en · NOUN
Etymology
Attributed to Sir Alex Ferguson, famed Scottish association football manager and former player, it implies the sound made by moving around in a plastic seat while squirming under pressure. Ferguson had said "squeeze your bum time" (that is, clenching one's buttocks under pressure) but it was misheard by journalist Kevin McCarra and the misquote stuck.
Meanings
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(UK, informal, uncountable) Chiefly, an exciting part of a sporting event, particularly the final moments of a close game or season.
"It's getting tickly now - squeaky-bum time, I call it."
2003 March 18, “Fergie just can't stop playing his mind games”, in Daily Express, page 62:
Translations (1)
fi jännittävät hetket (exciting part of a sport event)