Handegg is a satirical term used by international fans of association football (soccer) to mock American football, highlighting the irony that the American sport uses an egg-shaped ball and is primarily played with hands. The term became a staple of internet culture in the late 2000s, gaining massive traction on platforms like 4chan, Reddit, and 9GAG during major sporting events like the Super Bowl or the World Cup. The meme serves as a recurring flashpoint in the 'Football vs. Soccer' debate, used by Europeans to claim linguistic and logical superiority over the naming conventions of American sports. It typically features side-by-side comparisons of the two sports balls to emphasize the semantic mismatch between the name and the gameplay.