stiff v. especially describing a music recording, to fail to sell well. Editorial Note: This sense of the verb is intransitive. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
stiffs n.pl. in soccer, a reserve or second-string team or its players; a league, figurative or real, of such teams. Editorial Note: Usually constructed with the definite article: the stiffs, similar to baseball’s the minors. Etymological Note: This...