Yogiism

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A malapropism of the kind characteristic of "Yogi" Berra (1925–2015), American baseball player and manager.

    "If anything means nothing in baseball (pardon the Yogiism), it's momentum..."

Example

More examples

"If anything means nothing in baseball (pardon the Yogiism), it's momentum..."

Etymology

From Yogi + -ism.

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