-ball

后缀

英文释义

后缀
  1. Refers to styles of football. UK,morpheme
    — Ange + -ball → Angeball
  2. forms nouns with the meaning "one who is characterized by". derogatory,humorous,morpheme,slang,usually
    — goof + -ball → goofball
  3. forms adjectives with the meaning "characterized by". derogatory,humorous,morpheme,slang,usually

词源

词源 1
Back-formation from football. Journalist Jamie Braidwood suggests it may have been inspired by Michael Lewis' 2003 book Moneyball and its 2011 film adaptation.
词源 2
Likely from figurative use of ball.
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