Tour de France

Definition

(Noun; Sports Event) Tour de France: A grueling three-week race that tests the limits of human endurance and provides an excuse for grown men to wear spandex in public.

Tour de France: Cyclists pedaling furiously around Paris while being chased by giant croissants made of cheese – welcome to the Tour de France!

Usage

The Tour de France is like a game of Monopoly - it takes forever and nobody ever wins!

Insight

What do you call a bicycle with no wheels? Un tour de force!

Origin

The Tour de France was invented by French monks who wanted to find out how far they could ride on one prayer alone!

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