Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sportsball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: sports-ball
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.

Derogatory; Humorous; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It may seem counterintuitive, but I hate watching sports in a sports bar. Sports bars are where other sportsball fans go, and generally speaking, I’m not really into sportsball fans, especially not a roomful of drunk and angry ones."
"I don't know much about most sportsball teams, but hockey players seem to be the hottest. Who's your favorite?"
"To use a sportsball analogy that might be a metaphor, judicial oversight of executive institutions is roughly the equivalent of policing acts of foul play that could result in a player being ejected from the sportsball game, such as attempted decapitation […]"

Etymology

From sports + ball. Based on football, basketball, baseball, etc. Traditionally often claimed to originate from 4chan and its cultural sentiments (compare normalfag).

Usage

Derived Forms

sportsballer sportsballing

Questions

What does sportsball mean?: Any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
Where does sportsball come from?: From sports + ball. Based on football, basketball, baseball, etc. Traditionally often claimed to originate from 4chan and its cultural sentiments (compare normalfag).

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