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The uses of this term thus all have historical ties to the LGBT community. [5] The word kiki first evolved from the French word meaning to “to choke” or “to throttle.” In the 1930s, the word was used to describe gay men who took on either dominant or submissive roles when sexual relations arose.
The term arrives in modern parlance through chess, but originates in wrestling from the Italian gambetto, tripping the opponent. OED cites the chess usage to 1656, the figurative usage to 1855. get the ball rolling Some ball games: To start an endeavour. Some ball games are started by rolling a ball into play. AHDI dates to the late 18th ...
In French, it mainly means "fashionable", "trendy", but is occasionally a culinary term usually meaning something cooked with carrots and onions (as in bœuf à la mode). It can also mean "in the style or manner [of]" [ 61 ] (as in tripes à la mode de Caen ), and in this acceptation is similar to the shorter expression " à la ".
The sound of the bat hitting the ball. The term is used in baseball to mean "immediately, without hesitation". For example, a baserunner may start running "on the crack of the bat", as opposed to waiting to see where the ball goes. Outfielders often use the sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit.
1. Slang term for a red ball, especially in Australia. 2. A red mark left on a bat by the impact of a red ball, most commonly a new ball (which has fresh red dye on its surface). Chest on (also front on or square on) 1. A bowler whose chest and hips are aligned towards the batter at the instant of back foot contact. [1] 2.
"Bruh” is a slang term that dates back to the 1890s and is a shortened form of “brother,” according to Dictionary.com. While it started as an informal way to address someone and was mostly ...
Slay is a slang colloquialism that possibly originated during the 1600's, but gained its current Gen Z definition in the 1970's from ball culture.Originally having a meaning similar to "that joke was killer", slay has since gained a definition meaning being impressed or term of agreement.
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...