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baseballese

baseballese noun: the jargon associated with the sport of baseball.

Noun

baseballese (uncountable)

  1. The jargon associated with the sport of baseball.
    • After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."1996 June 3, Joe in MA [username], “Re: Jim Edmonds' return date?”, in rec.sport.baseball.fantasy (Usenet)
    • Back-back-back-back went Cardinals shortstop Pete Kozma. Twenty feet back of the infield dirt. Thirty feet. Forty feet. Fifty feet. Sixty feet. Finally, he raised his arms in the air -- which, in baseball-ese, is the international symbol for "I've got it."2012 October 6, Jayson Stark, “The pop-up heard ‘round the world”, in ESPN

Origin of baseballese

From baseball + -ese.

Questions about baseballese

What does baseballese mean?
Baseballese means the jargon associated with the sport of baseball.
What part of speech is baseballese?
Baseballese is a noun.

Words near baseballese in the dictionary

  1. baseball-player
  2. baseball-players
  3. baseballdom
  4. baseballer
  5. baseballers
  6. baseballese
  7. baseballing
  8. baseballs
  9. basebally
  10. baseband
  11. basebands

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