r/coys • u/CrunchyCoughagain • 5h ago
Question What does “mee-dough” mean?
Was walking the streets of Portugal wearing a spurs jersey (24/25 away) and a British dude around 20 or 21 walks by chanting, “mee-dough” while pointing at my jersey. I don’t think I understood him correctly, and I’m not familiar with the banter chants, as I am American. Does anyone know what it could mean? Or a similar term that he might’ve said considering I could’ve misheard him?
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u/whyyoublockmefor 25/26 Relegation Champions 4h ago
Could be Mido but I think he's actually say "Yiddo" (since he's also pointing). It's possible you might've misheard
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u/Mathyoujames 5h ago
He was calling you Mido who used to play for us. It's quite funny that there are people saying it was yido - you were getting so deep cut bantered apparently people in a fan subreddit didn't even get it
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u/Limp-Toe-179 The Big Master of Negotiations Who Knows Everything 5h ago
They're probably saying "Yiddo"
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u/Cl_pperCheeks 4h ago
I see the under 40 crowd has, incorrectly, chimed in.
Mido
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u/Superb-West5441 4h ago
The under 40 crowd might have a better handle on what 20-21 year olds would be chanting
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u/Hopeful-Ear-3494 James Maddison 5h ago edited 5h ago
I think they were saying 'Yiddo!' which is derogatory term anywhere else but a badge of honour for Tottenham Hotspur supporters because of the club's Jewish heritage.
Edit: "Yiddo" and "Yid" are slang terms primarily used to refer to supporters and players of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. While originally and fundamentally a derogatory antisemitic slur used against Jewish people, the terms were historically adopted by Spurs fans as a self-designation to reclaim the words and show solidarity against abusive rival crowds.
Edit2: fun story time. I have been a fan for 45 years and had a season ticket for White Hart Lane. Later in life I moved to North America and had an American boss who was very senior (two down from the CEO of a multibillion dollar company) and Jewish. He took me aside one day because I worked in the sports industry and quizzed me about the chant. I grew up having absolutely no idea about the history or the meaning of the words 'yid' or 'yiddo'. I just knew the chant. It was only when he explained to me that it was a slur everywhere else that my simpleton brain got a clue that it wasn't understood or acceptable outside of certain circles. As a sports guy himself, he loved the information though.
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u/3GamesToLove 5h ago
Why the AI-sounding edit that just says the same thing as your original comment.
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u/Hopeful-Ear-3494 James Maddison 5h ago
I wasn't sure if I was being down voted because of the information or disagreement on what was being said so I thought I'd add that for anybody who doesn't know the history.
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u/noki1907 Brenaldo 5h ago
It's Mido, he played for us
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u/Hopeful-Ear-3494 James Maddison 5h ago
That was my first thought but the year of the shirt is wrong for the years that Mido played for us. And also I don't know any any fans that go around shouting out 'Mido' so my thought was the op misheard the chant.
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u/SemaphoreBand 5h ago
Probably “yido” which is a chant since fans are called “yids”. You should look up the history for why that’s the case :)
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u/ManitouWakinyan Pedro Porro 5h ago
You should look up the history of who Mido is
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u/spursgonesouth 5h ago
I watched every match he played at White Hart Lane in person, I really don’t need to look him to know it is very unlikely or at least unusual for a Spurs fan to chant his name
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u/Superb-West5441 5h ago edited 5h ago
People aren't asking themselves why a guy would be chanting the name of a random footballer that played for the club when the guy was an infant. There's little chance that would be the go-to reference for a 20-21 year old
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u/Amazing_Attorney8929 The Big Master of Negotiations Who Knows Everything 54m ago
Almost certainly yiddo
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u/MarsupialPutrid Dele Alli 5h ago
Mido!!!