The use of the word "sport" in a tag question.
"Personally, I don't give a shit about that, because you know what? I can't learn anything from you I can't read in some fuckin' book. Unless you wanna talk about you, who you are. And I'm fascinated. I'm in.But you don't wanna do that, do you, sport?"

This is a line from a movie. What is the use of the word "sport" in the sentence?Thank you so much, everyone! I searched on the Internet but I wasn't able to find out the answer. Now I totally understand it thanks to all of you!

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The use of the word "sport" in a tag question.
"Personally, I don't give a shit about that, because you know what? I can't learn anything from you I can't read in some fuckin' book. Unless you wanna talk about you, who you are. And I'm fascinated. I'm in.But you don't wanna do that, do you, sport?"

This is a line from a movie. What is the use of the word "sport" in the sentence?Thank you so much, everyone! I searched on the Internet but I wasn't able to find out the answer. Now I totally understand it thanks to all of you!

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Hasta la vista..."baby" - Terminator
Say hello to..."my little friend" - Scarface
Here's looking at you,...."kid" - Casablanca

Ya get it, sport?

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In this kind of situation, the speaker is calling the peron they are speaking to 'Sport'. 
It's the kind of thing that you might call a child. "How was school, Sport?" "What are you up to, Champ?". It's endearing and sweet when it's a child, or condescending when used on an adult.

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Sport is a friendly and informal way of talking to someone (usually a man or a boy).

For example: Hello Sport! How are you?  or How is it going Sport?

If this is a quote from the movie Good Will Hunting, you can easily replace the word Sport with his name.

For example "But you don't want to do that, do you Will?"

Hope that helps!

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It's the equivalent to "pal", "mate" but more derogatory and used when someone is angry with someone.

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To demean someone here in this context and to make them feel like a total loser.

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