gameherder
/ˈɡeɪmˌhɜːdə/nounVerified NewThe friend who organizes everyone else's participation in recurring games and matches.
Somebody picks the time, books the pitch, chases the maybes, and absorbs the flaking, every single week. Every adult league and pickup group runs on one gameherder, and no one fully appreciates them until they stop.
Etym. — game + herder: cats, herded, weekly, for sport.
Rel. — commishburnout
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