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Don't call Colts' Pat McAfee a punter while in London

INDIANAPOLIS -- You have to excuse Pat McAfee if he doesn't go around London letting people know he's the punter for the Indianapolis Colts this weekend.

That's because McAfee doesn't want those unfamiliar with football to think he solicits prostitutes.

The British slang word for punter, according to the dictionary.cambridge.org, means a person who "uses the services of a prostitute."

"(A punter) utilizes a lot of pornos, basically like scum," McAfee said. "They're viewed as a scummy person. Somebody that is a weasel. Let's not get crazy, but it's a pretty good word.