Not long before Ryan Sessegnon joined Tottenham, the Collins Dictionary received an application for the word 'Spursy' to be added to its lexicon.
The definition, the submission explained, was 'to have success in reach but to ultimately chuck it away'.
The additional information explained, as we all know by now, the word's association with the nearlys and not-quites of Tottenham Hotspur. Of which there have been plenty.
The submission is pending investigation and, if the past week is anything to go by, for good reason. Tottenham's win over Arsenal was a game they knew they had to win.