Trophies, turnover, or the number of people who would notice if you vanished. An essay on the phrase everyone uses and nobody defines.
Three definitions
The trophy definition is the oldest and the least useful, because it makes size a matter of history. The turnover definition is the newest and the most honest, and nobody likes it. The third — how many people would notice — is the only one that explains why some clubs with no trophies and no money are still, obviously, big.
