Backdoor slider: A pitch that appears to be out of the strike zone, but then breaks back over the plate. Bad-ball hitter: A batter adept at hitting pitches outside the strike zone. Bad hop: When a groundball unexpectedly makes a strange jump. Bag: A base. Baltimore chop: A ground b...
out of this world (Informal) wonderful, great (informal), excellent, superb, fantastic (informal), incredible, fabulous (informal), marvellous, unbelievable, awesome (slang), indescribable, bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.) The food in this place is simply out of this world. ...
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"Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. Porridge is widely considered to be one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time. The series was placed 7th in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms...
foot in the door Slang 1. An initial point of or opportunity for entry. 2. A first step in working toward a goal. get (one's) feet wet To start a new activity or job. have one foot in the grave Informal To be on the verge of death, as from illness or severe trauma. have...
Team quizzes on sports work exceptionally well when there’s a major sporting event, such as the Super Bowl, Major League Baseball, or NBA Finals going on, but they can be a lot of fun at other times too. Here are some sports quiz titles:...
A new gift for milder temperatures arrived in 1954, with the invention of the Wiffle Ball. A father looking for a safer way for his son to play baseball without breaking the neighbor’s windows invented the light version of a baseball. Unsurprisingly, the adaptationwas a hit. ...
Check out @ajschnack’s Long Gone Summer on @espn about the summer of 1998: McGuire v. Sosa. I didn’t realize how much I missed baseball! I was so happy! pic.twitter.com/rCxoA7fxiy 6 months in 400,000 people have died around the world and it is still making its way around the...
Toward the end of Brooklyn composer Rachika Nayar’s electrifying early-afternoon set, she introduced herself and her bandmates—singer Maria BC and cellist Issei Herr—using colorful slang terms. The moment stood out in wry and bracingly direct contrast to the set’s glacial drones and s...
Dutch slang in 1698- Americanized 50 years later. Yankee Ingenuity 1761 America's inhabitants had a knack for clever design and capitalist success. The early Americans had applied their exceptional skills prior to the terms existence, see Eli Whitney and Benjamin Franklin. yellow journalism 1898...