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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Phrases baseball & other sports #8495 04/16/2001 4:35 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... It appears that Sunday's Yankees /Red Sox game has added a new in-game phrase to baseball jargon: "bloop triple'! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Phrases baseball & other sports #8496 04/17/2001 6:57 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Other terms in general use which arose from sports: Below the belt Bullpen Bullseye Deadlock Face-off Fall guy Game plan Haymaker Jump the gun Keep an eye on the ball Play the field Real McCoy Roll with the punches Screwball Throw in the towel Up to scratch Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Phrases baseball & other sports #8497 04/17/2001 7:25 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Words from boxing(?) Do 'to shellac,' as in "I gave him a shellacking," and 'to polish' as in "I polished him off," come from "to finish him off" by 'analogy'? If so, why the additions of "gave" and "off," when 'to shellac,' 'to polish,' and 'to finish' are all stand-alone verbs? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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