Baseballese

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The jargon associated with the sport of baseball. uncountable

    "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.""

Example

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"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.""

Etymology

From baseball + -ese.

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