Victory Jig

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Victory Jig or victory dance 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.

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 i.e. to engage in a triumphant manner, or Triumphalism.

Cited Examples of Victory Jigs

  • "Mr. Celery's" Victory Jig at a Baseball Game.[1]
  • 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).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mr. Celery does the victory jig available here.
  2. ↑ See comments on David Trimble's "Victory Jig" here. See video of the controversial march and "Victory Jig" in the 1995 section here.
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