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"D'oh!" (/ d oʊ ʔ / ⓘ) is the most famous catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from The Simpsons, an animated sitcom. It is an exclamation typically used after Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something foolish, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him.
Homer (sports slang), a myopic fan or media coverage biased toward the home team Home run , a term in baseball for when the batter touches all the bases and scores on the same play. Other uses
With one runner on base, two runs score (the base-runner and the batter), and thus the home run is often called a two-run homer or two-run shot. Similarly, a home run with two runners on base is a three-run homer or three-run shot. The term "four-run homer" is never used. Instead, it's called a "grand slam".
A slang term for a baseball record that is disputed in popular opinion (i.e., unofficially) because of a perception that the record holder had an unfair advantage in attaining the record. It implies that the record requires a footnote explaining the purportedly unfair advantage, with the asterisk being a symbol commonly used in typography to ...
The term was first logged on Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced English language online dictionary, in December 2017 with the definition, "what you would say if something was really good."
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
A characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" Dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles.Epithets are used because of the constraints of the dactylic hexameter (i.e., it is convenient to have a stockpile of metrically fitting phrases to add to a name) and because of the oral transmission of the poems; they are mnemonic aids to the singer and the audience alike.
With one out in the ninth, Dykstra hits an 0–1 pitch for a two-run homer to right field. It is the first time in post-season history that a game winning homer is hit by a team which is trailing. 1996 ALCS: Game 1, October 9 Bernie Williams, N.Y. Yankees: Yankee Stadium: Randy Myers, Baltimore: 4–4, 9th 0 out 0 on 5–4 1–0 NYY