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statto

/ ˈstætəʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person who is preoccupied with the facts and figures of a particular subject, esp a sport
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of statto1

C20: from statistics
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Example Sentences

‘Statto’ Harley has learned to identify every Premier League player by their shirt number.

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The boy in question was the young Angus Loughran, or Fantasy Football's Statto as he would later become known.

Before you get any ideas, anyone contemplating a similar action today would need a lot more money to cover his or her £1,000 fine, and probably need to be a lot quicker than Statto in doing so.

Need to feed your inner Statto?

The statto in me is itching to tell you that Everton haven't lost to Chelsea since then and, indeed, beat them the last time they faced them at Goodison Park, the scourge of modern medicine Louis Saha getting the winner.

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