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Ballpark, in the ballpark, ballpark figure, and out of the ballpark — "Ballpark" has been used to mean a broad area of approximation or similarity, or a range within which comparison is possible; this usage the Oxford English Dictionary dates to 1960. Another meaning, "sphere of activity or influence", is cited in 1963.
a second-year college or high school student (Trinity College Dublin has sophister in this sense); (adj.) the second in a series (as in, an athlete's "sophomore season", a band's "sophomore album") specialty * (UK: speciality, though specialty is used in law and medicine) special election (UK: by-election) spelunking
Aptronym: a name that aptly represents a person or character; Charactonym: a name which suggests the personality traits of a fictional character; Eponym: applying a person's name to a place; Pseudonym: an artificial fictitious name, used as an alternative to one's legal name; Sobriquet: a popularized nickname; Techniques that involves figure of ...
The stadium in question was known as Comiskey Park, named for former White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, from its opening in 1991 until 2003, when it became U.S. Cellular Field.
See English language idioms derived from baseball and baseball metaphors for sex. Examination of the ethnocultural relevance of these idioms in English speech in areas such as news and political discourse (and how "Rituals, traditions, customs are very closely connected with language and form part and parcel of the linguacultural 'realia'") occurs.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox and the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers and the newest ballpark in Major League Baseball. A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield and the ...
A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1). A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language of the speaker's home country, or a foreign language. A speaker's dominant language, which is the language a speaker uses most or is most comfortable with, is not necessarily the speaker's ...