Lombardi-esque

English

Alternative forms

• Lombardiesque

Etymology

From Lombardi +‎ -esque.

Adjective

Lombardi-esque (comparative more Lombardi-esque, superlative most Lombardi-esque)

1. Having the style or manner of one named Lombardi, especially of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American football coach.
   • 2012 November 11, “The Rumble”, in New York Post:

     Some of the more bizarre rankings include the top 10 coaching lessons small-college coach Bill Van Gundy laid upon his sons, Jeff and Stan—with No. 5 being a Lombardi-esque “Winning is all-important.”

   • 1994, Donald R. Katz, Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the Corporate World‎^[1], Random House, page 167:

     Bowerman's Lombardiesque observation that “Nobody every remembers number two” became a battle cry at Nike after Reebok became number one, […]

   • 1988 October 11, Bob Levey, “St. Vincent's Unsavory Gas-and-Go”, in The Washington Post:

     Could this be Vince, the coach who'd sing / That winning was the only thing? / Lombardiesque, this spa of pumps? / Where food is but a pile of lumps? / If this were Green Bay, Vince would growl / A bathroom without paper towel?

2. (American football) Resembling or like the Lombardi trophy.
   • 2012 January 3, Greg Luca, “Muschamp minimizes Gator Bowl win as Florida avoids losing season”, in The Independent Florida Alligator:

     Players were still passing out “Gator Bowl Champions” hats and celebrating with their Lombardi-esque trophy when Muschamp, speaking to the roughly 10,000 fans lingering in the stands, didn't fully buy into the revelry.

   • 2011 February 3, Paul Lukas, “Super Bowl XLV primer on aesthetics”, in ESPN.com‎^[2]:

     In the past, each Super Bowl has had its own logo. But this year the NFL is switching to a generic logo based on the Lombardi Trophy. […] while the Super Bowl may be the biggest event on the planet, the Lombardi Trophy still ain't no Stanley Cup, no matter how many Lombardi-esque logos the NFL comes up with.