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National Underdog Day in the United States and the United Kingdom was created in 1976 by the late Peter Moeller, self-described as the Chief Underdog.
The term "underdog" originates in shipbuilding, and "dog" is a slang term for the wooden planks put in pits for sawing. The person standing in the hold would be the "underdog." The person standing above was the "overdog." Both sawmen did similar work, but the underdog would end up covered in the sawdust, and the overdog would not.
Today the term is used as a David versus Goliath metaphor, with the underdog at a disadvantage in size, money, or power—which is why people love cheering for underdogs.
Fun fact, December 16 is also the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party in 1773, a political protest in defiance of that year's Tea Act tax by the underdog American Colonialists against the world's most powerful empire, Britain. It is one of the critical events leading up to the American Revolution and a classic David versus Goliath triumph.
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