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TEDDY BERRS, n. pl. [Rhyming slang for Gers [jεrz], reduced form of Rangers.] [tεdi′bεrz] also Teddy Bears. Rangers Football Club; in sing. a player or supporter of Rangers Football Club. Also in reduced form Ted.Sc. 1995 Herald 23 Sep 15:
Which is fine (for us blokes) so long as the Rangers remain in contention but there must surely now be some dubiety over that after their dismal defeat against Steua Bucharest. Tonight they face German champions Borussia Dortmund at Ibrox. A scoosh case for the Teddy Bears.Sc. 1997 Daily Record 15 Aug 36:
Real-life Teddy Bear, Rangers midfielder Paul Gascoigne is a huge fan of Elvis.Sc. 2001 Daily Star 30 Jan :
Cockneys, being simple and uncomplicated souls, have a one-step approach to the whole thing. Skin and blister = sister. Apples and pears = stairs, that sort of stuff. It's a skoosh case, really.
Try to explain the Scottish version to them, but, and they get dizzy. For example: "Why do you call your team the Teddies, Irvine?" "Teddies. Teddy berrs. Gers. Rangers. Easy-peasy."Sc. 2003 Evening Times 28 May 32:
The delay in the arrival of the championship trophy meant we spent even longer looking at the loyal legions, which left us thinking, no offence, but what a lot of hacket-faced growlers support the Teds.Abd. 2005 Aberdeen Evening Express 22 Jan 36:
In my case, it also happen more often than the other! A win tomorrow would certainly make up for Aberdeen's dire performance against Celtic last weekend.
That has no doubt sparked talk of an anti-Rangers conspiracy with some of you Teddy Bears out there. Sc. 2005 Evening Times 23 Mar 32:
Let me talk you through the match itself. Rangers were utterly magnificent. There, that's all you need to know.
So it was a great weekend for the Teddy Bears, ...